Betting

//ˈbɛ.tɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of placing a bet.

    "Once the field was prepared, and preliminaries of the game all settled, the bettings all made and goods all “staked,” night came on without the appearance of any players on the ground."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bet form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Describing one who bets or gambles.

    "If I were a betting man, I'd wager my next pay check he couldn't do that again."

Adjective
  1. 1
    preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance wordnet

Synonyms

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card playingcard-playingdissipatedgamblingplayplaying

Example

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"I really enjoyed betting in Las Vegas."

Related phrases

betting parlorbetting ringbetting shopbetting terminalsports bettingspread bettingwhat's the betting

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