Words Related To Gambling
- 4 synonyms of gambler from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 10 related words, definitions, and antonyms. Find another word for gambler. Gambler: one that bets (as on the outcome of a contest or sports event).
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Gambling terms vary far and wide, but we have assembled a gambling terminology glossary here. All the gambling terminology and gambler slang you could ever find will be made clear here. You’ll be speaking the gambling vocabulary after a quick review of this page in no time, including betting terms, and slang for gambling itself. There are 500 gambling-related words in total, with the top 5 most semantically related being casino, play, risk, bet and wager. You can get the definition (s) of a word in the list below by tapping the question-mark icon next to it.
gamble
verbto riskmoney or something valuable in the hope of winning more if you are lucky or if you guess something correctly
bet
verbto risk an amount of money by saying what you think will happen, especially in a race or game. You lose the money if you are wrong and win more if you are right
stake
verbto risk money by betting it on the result of a race, competition, game etc
back
verbto bet (=risk money) that a particular person or animal will win a race or competition
put on
phrasal verbto risk a particular amount of money by trying to guess the result of a race or competition
place
verbif you place a bet, you give money to someone saying that you think a person, team, animal etc will win a competition
see
verbto bet the same money as another player and to make them show their cards
put money on something
phraseto bet on something so that you will win money if you are right, but lose it if you are wrong
break the bank
phraseto win more at gambling than the casino can pay you
put your shirt on something
phraseto risk a lot of money in an investment or a bet
bet the farm
phraseto be certain that something will happen or bring you success, especially when this makes you spend all your money on it
call
verbto say which side of a coin you think will be showing when it comes down after being tossed in the air
come up
phrasal verbif your ticket or name comes up in a lottery or similar game, it is chosen as a winner
draw a raffle
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phraseto take a ticket out of a container to see who has won a prize
flip
verbto throw a coin into the air, making it turn over quickly, in order to decide about an issue
gamble away
phrasal verbto lose all of an amount of money by gambling
lose your shirt on something
phraseto lose a lot of money that you have invested or bet
parlay
verbmainly American to use a small amount of money to try to win a larger amount of money
pick/draw someone’s name out of a hat
phraseto choose someone as the winner of a competition in which everyone has an equalchance of winning, often by taking a name written on a piece of paper out of a container
raffle
verbto offer something as a prize in a raffle
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raise
verbto increase the value of a bet in a card game
see
verbin a card game, to bet the same amount of money as another player
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toss
verbWords Related To Gambling
to throw a coin into the air and make a decisionbased on which side the coinfalls on
wager
verbWords Related To Casinos
to agree to win or lose an amount of moneydepending on the result of a competition or other event