raffle
Meaning of raffle
noun
- a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or some of which are subsequently drawn at random, the holder or holders of such tickets winning a prize.
a raffle ticket
a charity raffle
- offer as a prize in a raffle.
a toy polar bear was due to be raffled for the appeal
late Middle English (denoting a kind of dice game): from Old French, of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th century.
noun- rubbish; refuse.
the raffle of the yard below
late Middle English (in the sense ‘rabble, riff-raff’): perhaps from Old French ne rifle ne rafle ‘nothing at all’.
Information about raffle
- The plural form of raffle is: raffles.
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Hyphenation of raffle
raf-fle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- raffle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
raffle synonyms
Meaning a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random:
Meaning a form of gambling, especially on horse races, in which all the stakes are divided among the winners:
Meaning an act of sweeping something with a brush:
Meaning a game in which people pick tickets out of a revolving drum and certain tickets win immediate prizes, typically played at a fete or fair:
Meaning a system of voting secretly and in writing on a particular issue:
Meaning a children's game similar to bingo, in which numbered or illustrated counters or cards are drawn by the players:
Meaning a tote bag:
Meaning a Chinese form of lottery played with slips of paper marked with columns of characters:
Anagrams of raffle
Words that rhyme with raffle
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