Gambling Merriam Webster
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gambles;gambled;gambling
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/ˈgæmbəl/
gambles;gambled;gambling
1 [no object]Gambling Meaning Merriam Webster
:to play a game in which you can win or lose money or possessions:to bet money or other valuable things- He's been drinking and gambling heavily.
- He would often gamble hundreds of dollars on a hand of poker.
- She gambled [=risked] everything she owned to start the business.
- The company is gambling [=betting, risking] everything on this strategy.
- people who lost money gambling in the stock market
Gambling Merriam-webster
- Many people are willing to gamble on the new treatment. [=are willing to try the new treatment because they hope it will help them]
- The mayor is gambling that the new policies will help rather than hurt the city.
- gambling away the city's future
- a compulsive gambler