GAMBLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gambling mean? 

• GAMBLING (noun)
  The noun GAMBLING has 1 sense:

1. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

  Familiarity information: GAMBLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAMBLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

gambling; gaming; play

Context example:

there was heavy play at the blackjack table

Hypernyms ("gambling" is a kind of...):

diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)

vice (a specific form of evildoing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gambling"):

sporting life (active interest in gambling on sports events)

bet; wager (the act of gambling)

gambling game; game of chance (a game that involves gambling)

throw (casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly)

Derivation:

gamble (play games for money)

 Context examples 

A large pile of sovereigns, and several slips of paper were lying before him, and he was counting over his gambling gains.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Most people who gamble don't have a problem, but some lose control of their gambling.

(Compulsive Gambling, NIH: Natonal Institutes of Health)

A disorder characterized by a preoccupation with gambling and the excitement that gambling with increasing risk provides.

(Pathological Gambling, NCI Thesaurus)

Also, in his gambling, he had one besetting weakness—faith in a system; and this made his damnation certain.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

If you have concerns about your gambling, ask for help.

(Compulsive Gambling, NIH: Natonal Institutes of Health)

Pathological gamblers are unable to cut back on their gambling, despite the fact that it may lead them to lie, steal, or lose a significant relationship, job, or educational opportunity.

(Pathological Gambling, NCI Thesaurus)

Many people enjoy gambling, whether it's betting on a horse or playing poker on the Internet.

(Compulsive Gambling, NIH: Natonal Institutes of Health)

Signs of problem gambling include: • Always thinking about gambling • Lying about gambling • Spending work or family time gambling • Feeling bad after you gamble, but not quitting • Gambling with money you need for other things

(Compulsive Gambling, NIH: Natonal Institutes of Health)