Chancing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that happens by chance.

    "Although some of the subjects treated of are deciduous, all of them last for seasons; and such is the intention of the book, whatever may be its chance in a world of chancings."

  2. 2
    sexual advance with suggestive body contact Philippines
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of chance form-of, gerund, participle, present

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fortunecasualencountergamblehazardluck

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"Why don't you actually consider your situation instead of just chancing it?"

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