gambles

Meaning of gambles

verb, 3rd person present
  1. play games of chance for money; bet.
    he gambles on football
  2. take risky action in the hope of a desired result.
    he was gambling on the success of his satellite TV channel
plural noun
  1. an act of gambling.
    Dad likes a bit of a gamble
  2. a risky action undertaken with the hope of success.
    we decided to take a gamble and offer him a place on our staff

early 18th century: from obsolete gamel ‘play games’, or from the verb game1.

Information about gambles

  • The singular form of gambles is: gamble.
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Hyphenation of gambles

gam-bles

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • gambles is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

gambles synonyms

Meaning risk a sum of money or valued item against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game:

bet

Meaning risk (a sum of money or valued item) against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event; bet:

wager

Meaning travel in a punt:

punt

Meaning play gambling games:

game

Meaning invest in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss:

speculate

Meaning undertake a risky or daring journey or course of action:

venture

Meaning the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence:

speculation

Meaning a small bet:

flutter

Meaning the possibility that something unpleasant or unwelcome will happen:

risk

Meaning a possibility of something happening:

chance

Meaning a danger or risk:

hazard

Meaning a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random:

lottery

Words that rhyme with gambles

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