gamble

Speech parts

1. gamble - Noun

2. gamble - Verb

3. Gamble - Proper noun

Meaning

To play or game for money or other stake.

To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

risk chance adventure hazard take a chance run a risk take chances wildcat hock game back play put flyer gambit
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Antonyms

provide design plan protection ensure insurance
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Hypernyms

play attempt risk try seek danger

Hyponyms

play raise bet stake dice wager

Phrases with the word

all-or-nothing gamble all-in gamble double gamble big gamble have a gamble

Derivatives

gambled gambling

Anagrams

Gambel Lambeg

Examples

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. Simone de Beauvoir

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. Blaise Pascal

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own. H. G. Wells

You have to love a town where you can both smoke and gamble in a pharmacy. Anthony Bourdain

To gamble as the dice fall. Japanese Proverb

He who can persuade someone not to gamble has earned money for him. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

gambison gambist gambit gambler gambler's cop Gambler's fallacy