gamble meaning
EN
[ˈɡæm.bəl] [-æmbəl] EN Gamble 
- NounPLgambles
- A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
- A risky venture.
- The sailors had taken many gambles with the sea and always won.
- A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
- VerbSGgamblesPRgamblingPT, PPgambled
- To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
- To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
- (transitive) To risk (something) for potential gain.
- He gambled his reputation on the outcome.
- To interact with equipment at a casino.
- To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Well, if you ask me, Pastor Hawkins is trying to hold with the hare and run with the hounds by opposing casino gambling when his church operates a bingo game every Thursday night.
- He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
- He really took a gamble when he left his job to become a writer. But it paid off in the end.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of gamble in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "gamble" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.