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GAMBLING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

Example:

there was heavy play at the blackjack table

Synonyms:

gambling; gaming; play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gambling" is a kind of...):

diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)

vice (a specific form of evildoing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gambling"):

sporting life (active interest in gambling on sports events)

bet; wager (the act of gambling)

gambling game; game of chance (a game that involves gambling)

throw (casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly)

Derivation:

gamble (play games for money)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb gamble

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