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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Gamble \Gamble\, v. t.
     To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.
     ``Bankrupts or sots who have gambled or slept away their
     estates.'' --Ames.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Gamble \Gam"ble\, n.
     An act of gambling; a transaction or proceeding involving
     gambling; hence, anything involving similar risk or
     uncertainty. [Colloq.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Gamble \Gam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gambled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Gambling.] [Dim. of game. See 2d Game.]
     To play or game for money or other stake.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Gamble \Gam"ble\, n.
     An act of gambling; a transaction or proceeding involving
     gambling; hence, anything involving similar risk or
     uncertainty. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Gamble \Gam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gambled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Gambling.] [Dim. of game. See 2d Game.]
     To play or game for money or other stake.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Gamble \Gamble\, v. t.
     To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.
     ``Bankrupts or sots who have gambled or slept away their
     estates.'' --Ames.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  gamble
       n 1: money that is risked for possible monetary gain
       2: a risky act or venture
       v 1: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you
            buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: chance, risk,
             hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take
            a chance]
       2: play games for money

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gamble
     n.
     1 A bet or wager.
     2 A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
     3 A risky venture.
     vb.
     1 To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
     2 To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
     3 (lb en transitive) To risk (something) for potential gain.
     4 To interact with equipment at a casino

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Gamble
     n.
     (surname en from=Old Norse).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  gamble
     n.
     1 A bet or wager.
     2 A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
     3 A risky venture.
     vb.
     1 To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
     2 To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
     3 (lb en transitive) To risk (something) for potential gain.
     4 To interact with equipment at a casino

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Gamble
     n.
     (surname en from=Old Norse).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  gamble
     n.
     1 A bet or wager.
     2 A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
     3 A risky venture.
     vb.
     1 To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
     2 To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
     3 (lb en transitive) To risk (something) for potential gain.
     4 To interact with equipment at a casino

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Gamble
     n.
     (surname en from=Old Norse).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  gamble
     n.
     1 A bet or wager.
     2 A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
     3 A risky venture.
     vb.
     1 To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
     2 To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
     3 (lb en transitive) To risk (something) for potential gain.
     4 To interact with equipment at a casino

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Gamble
     n.
     (surname en from=Old Norse).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gamble
     Englanti n.
     uhkapeli
     Englanti vb.
     pelata uhkapeliä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gamble
     Engelska n.
     chansning, vågspel
     Engelska vb.
     satsa, chansa, riskera; spela (om pengar)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Gamble /ɡˈambəl/
  المقامرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  gamble //ˈɡæm.bəl// 
  1. риск
  a risk undertaken with a potential gain
  2. авантюра
  a risky venture

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  gamble //ˈɡæm.bəl// 
  1. играя комар
  to play risky games for monetary gain
  2. рискувам
  to take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/
  hra

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/ 
  hrát (hazardní hry)
  

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/ 
  hazardovat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/ 
  gamblo 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/ 
  hapchwarae 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/ 
  pokern  [übtr.]
   see: gambling, gambled, raise the stakes, Stakes are high at the negotiating table., The Prime Minister is overplaying his hand on this.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/ 
  spielen [um Geld] , zocken 
        "gamble at cards"  - um Geld Karten spielen
   see: gambling, gambled, gambles, gambled
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/
  
  ριψοκινδυνεύω, διακυβεύω, κάνω τζόγο, ρισκάρω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  gamble //ˈɡæm.bəl// 
  uhkapeli 2.
  a risk undertaken with a potential gain
   3.
  a risky venture

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  gamble //ˈɡæm.bəl// 
  1. vaarantaa
  (transitive) to risk something for potential gain
  2. uhkapelata
  to play risky games for monetary gain

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/ 
  1. जुआ
        "He has played a gamble by investing in stock market."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/ 
  1. जुआ~खेलना
        "People gamble a lot on festivals."
  2. दाँव~पर~लगाना
        "Yudhishthir gambled even his brothers and wife in the game of choupad."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/
  kockati se, prokockati, riskirati, rizik

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/
  1. hazárdjáték
  2. fogadás

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  gamble //ˈɡæm.bəl// 
  1. berjudi
  to play risky games for monetary gain
  2. bertaruh, mempertaruhkan
  to take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  gamble //ˈɡæm.bəl// 
  ギャンブル, 賭け 2.
  a risk undertaken with a potential gain
   3.
  a risky venture

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  gamble //ˈɡæm.bəl// 
  1. 懸ける
  (transitive) to risk something for potential gain
  2. 賭ける 2.
  to play risky games for monetary gain
   3.
  to take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  gamble /ˈgæmbəl/
  I.   1.  uprawiać hazard, grać (on - na)
   2.  spekulować, liczyć (on - na)
  II.   1.  hazard
   2.  ryzykowna gra, ryzykowna krok

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  gamble /ɡˈambəl/
  1. kumar oynamak
  2. so nucundan emin olunmayan bir teşebbüse gi rişmek
  3. şansa bağlı bir işe girişmek
  4. kdili tehlikeli teşebbüs gamble away kumarda kaybetmek gambler  kumarbaz gam bling  kumar oynama gambling (den.) kumarhane

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  gamble
  gamble

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɡæmbəɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  138 Moby Thesaurus words for "gamble":
     accidentality, actuarial calculation, admit of, adventitiousness,
     ante, ante up, back, be liable, be subjected to, bet, bet on,
     bid fair to, blind bargain, borderline case, brave, break, call,
     cast lots, casualness, challenge, chance, compromise, contingency,
     count on, court destruction, cover, cut lots, cut the cards, dare,
     defy, defy danger, destiny, double contingency, draw lots,
     draw straws, encounter danger, endanger, expose, face, face up to,
     fade, fate, flukiness, forget the odds, fortuitousness, fortuity,
     fortune, gamble on, gamble with, game, good fortune, good luck,
     guess, hap, happenstance, happy chance, hazard, heedless hap,
     how they fall, imperil, incur danger, indeterminacy,
     indeterminateness, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, law of averages,
     lay, lay a wager, lay down, lay open, lie under, lot, luck,
     make a bet, make book, match coins, meet a bet, moira,
     open question, opportunity, parlay, pass, peril,
     piece of guesswork, play, play against, play at dice,
     play the ponies, play with fire, plunge, predict,
     principle of indeterminacy, probability, problematicness,
     prognosticate, punt, put in danger, put in jeopardy, put on,
     question, raffle off, random sample, rely on, risk, run of luck,
     run the chance, run the risk, see, serendipity, set, shoot craps,
     sight-unseen transaction, speculate, speculation, sport, stake,
     stand a chance, stand fair to, stand pat, stand to gain,
     stand to lose, statistical probability, take a chance,
     take chances, tempt Providence, tempt fortune, the breaks,
     theory of probability, toss, toss-up, touch and go, uncertainty,
     uncertainty principle, undecided issue, venture, wager,
     whatever comes
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 冒险;
  v. 赌博,孤注一掷;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 冒险
     vi.
     vt. 赌博,孤注一掷

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