bookie

Noun

Meaning

a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bookmaker handicapper booker shylock better player adventurer plunger gambler bettor punter backer shill speculator pawnbroker
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Antonyms

guardian saver collector protector keeper custodian
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Hypernyms

gambler

Examples

As every bookie knows instinctively, a number such as reliability - a qualitative rather than a quantitative measure - is needed to make the valuation of information practically useful. Hans Christian von Baeyer

A blackmailing bookie is the victim. Source: Internet

Sanjeev Chawla: The wanted cricket bookie. Source: Internet

And since nearly everyone has guns, locating and springing the captive bookie most probably can't happen without some measure of lethal difficulty. Source: Internet

Bookie Sonu Jalan (centre), who allegedly threatened Bollywood actor Arbaaz Khan over non-payment of money lost in betting on IPL matches, after being arrested by the police, in Thane, Mumbai on Saturday, June 02, 2018. Source: Internet

In the trailer, he picked up the phone and called a bookie: “Has Darrell got a horse going in the sixth? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bookhood bookhound bookhouse bookiness booking booking agent