gambling
US /'ɡæmblɪŋ/
・UK /'ɡæmblɪŋ/
B1
noun
- Act of betting money on events
verb
- To play games to win money
other
- The activity of betting money or valuables on the outcome of a game or event.
- The activity of betting money, for example in a game or on a horse race.
other
- Present participle of gamble; risking money or something valuable.
other
- To play games of chance for money; bet.
- To take risky action in the hope of a desired result.
Examples
She ran up gambling debts worth a million pounds.
He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.