Definitions for gamble
ˈgæm bəlgam·ble

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. gamblenoun

   money that is risked for possible monetary gain

2. gambleverb

   a risky act or venture

3. gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chanceverb

   take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

   "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

4. gambleverb

   play games for money

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. gamblenoun

   A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.

2. gamblenoun

   A risky venture

   The sailors had taken many gambles with the sea and always won.

3. gambleverb

   To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.

4. gambleverb

   To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.

5. gambleverb

   To risk (something) for potential gain.

   He gambled his reputation on the outcome.

6. gambleverb

   To interact with equipment at a casino

7. Etymology: From gamenian 'to play', either via a dialectal survival of gammlen, a variant of gamenen 'to play, jest, be merry', or via a derivative of gamel 'to play games'

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Gambleverb

   to play or game for money or other stake

2. Gambleverb

   to lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away

3. Etymology: [Dim. of game. See 2d Game.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Gamble

   gam′bl, v.i. to play for money in games of chance or skill: to engage in wild financial speculations.—v.t. to squander away.—n. a gambling transaction.—ns. Gam′bler, one who gambles, esp. who makes it his business; Gam′bling-house, a house kept for the accommodation of people who play at games of hazard for money. [For gamm-le or gam-le, a freq. which has ousted M. E. gamenen—A.S. gamenian, to play at games—gamen, a game.]

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1. • Play
   • Speculation

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gamble in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gamble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of gamble in a Sentence

1. Max Silver:

   Life is a gamble, but if your happy, you will always come out on top

2. Leilani Estates resident Steve Gebbie:

   You know that when you come in. I knew that when I moved here, this was a gamble that everybody takes. Maybe I've lost.

3. Booth Goodwin:

   To go from boardroom to the prospect of incarceration sends a powerful message to executives who would ignore the safety of their workers. It doesn't matter who you are, how rich you are, how powerful you are, if you violate the laws and gamble with the lives of your workers, you will be held accountable.

4. Hamida Norhamida:

   Selling it will be a gamble.

5. Arnie Wexler:

   I thought about killing myself every day, but I didn’t have enough guts, i would gamble on two cockroaches coming out of the carpet, which would come closer.

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