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gambling

/ˈɡamb(ə)l/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɡamb(ə)l/
gambling
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final ng sound

gam - bling -> gambling

Myanmar meaning

(n) လောင်းကစားခြင်း

Full entry

gamble / 'gæmbl / v ~ sth (on sth)

(မြင်း) လောင်းသည်။ (ဖဲ) ရိုက်သည်၊ ကစားသည်။ လောင်းကစားသည်။ gamble at cards/ on the horses ❍ He spends all his time gambling in the casino. ❍ He gambled all his winnings on the last race.
n (usu sing ) အရဲစွန့်ခြင်း။ စွန့်စားခြင်း။ Setting up this business was a bit of a gamble. ❍ The company took a gamble by cutting the price of their products, and it paid off (ie was financially successful).
❏ gamble sth away [PHRV ] လောင်းကစား ပစ်သည်။ gamble away all one's money.
❏ gamble in sth [PHRV ] စွန့်သည်။ အရဲစွန့်သည်။ gamble in oil shares.
❏ gamble on sth/ doing sth [PHRV ] (ရလိုရငြား၊ ဖြစ်လို ဖြစ်ငြား) မျှော်ကိုးသည်၊ ယုံစားသည်။ gamble on (having) sb's support ❍ I wouldn't gamble on the weather being fine tomorrow.
❏ gambler / 'gæmblǝ(r) / n လောင်းကစားသမား။ He's a compulsive gambler.
❏ gambling / gæmblÇŋ / n [U] (က) လောင်းကစားခြင်း။ heavy gambling debts ❍ a gambling den. (ခ) စွန့်စားခြင်း။ have a taste for gambling.

More examples
  • We used to gamble at the casino in Monte Carlo.
  • [gamble on] : The improved atmosphere persuaded some foreign investors to gamble on a recovery.
  • [gamble that] : Mr Bush is gambling that his idea will attract support from the public.
Synonyms
risk, stake, venture, hazard, chance, speculate, action, back, bet, brave, buck the odds, cast lots, challenge, cut the cards, dare, defy, endanger, face, fling, flip the coin, flutter, game, go for broke, have a flutter, imperil, jeopardize, lay bets, lay money on, leap, long shot, lot, lottery, make a bet, outside chance, play, plunge, put, put faith in, put money on, put trust in, raffle, set, shoot the moon, shoot the works, shot in the dark, spec, speculation, stab, stick one's neck out, take a flyer, tempt fortune, throw of the dice, toss up, trust to luck, try one's luck, uncertainty, wager
Antonyms
ascend, be careful, certainty, design, discourage, displace, dissuade, ensure, guard, hide, insurance, insure, plan, play safe, protection, remove, rise, safeguard, save, sureness
Cross references
riskstakeventurehazardchancespeculateactionbackbetbravebuck the oddscast lotschallengecut the cardsdaredefyendangerfaceflingflip the coinfluttergamego for brokehave a flutterimperiljeopardizelay betslay money on
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