THESAURUS gamble to try to win money, for example by playing cards or guessing which horse will win a race Eddie loved to gamble, and would spend most evenings at the roulette table. gambler noun Stevens was a compulsive gambler. gamble with We can’t relax our safety standards – we’d be gambling with people’s lives. gamble that She was gambling that he wouldn’t read it too carefully.
gamble something on something Potter gambled everything on his new play being a hit. 2 RISK to do something that involves a lot of risk, and that will not succeed unless things happen the way you would like them to gamble on They’re gambling on Johnson being fit for Saturday’s game. gamble on Jack loves gambling on the horses.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Gambling gamble gam‧ble 1 / ˈɡæmb əl /
