LUCKY DIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lucky dip mean? 

• LUCKY DIP (noun)
  The noun LUCKY DIP has 2 senses:

1. a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random

2. a selection or decision purely at random

  Familiarity information: LUCKY DIP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUCKY DIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lucky dip" is a kind of...):

drawing; lottery (players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A selection or decision purely at random

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

their system of hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip

Hypernyms ("lucky dip" is a kind of...):

random sampling (the selection of a random sample; each element of the population has an equal chance of being selected)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)