RAFFLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raffle mean? 

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

1. a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money

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

• RAFFLE (verb)
  The verb RAFFLE has 1 sense:

1. dispose of in a lottery

  Familiarity information: RAFFLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAFFLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

Derivation:

raffle (dispose of in a lottery)

• RAFFLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they raffle    ... he / she / it raffles   
Past simple: raffled   
Past participle: raffled   
-ing form: raffling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dispose of in a lottery

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

raffle; raffle off

Context example:

We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas

Hypernyms (to "raffle" is one way to...):

gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

raffle (a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money)

 Context examples 

You may receive an inheritance this year or be the top winner in a charity raffle.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“‘When the topmen clear the raffle with their clasp-knives in their teeth,’” she quoted at me; and for the rest of the afternoon we made merry over our labour.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

To keep senators in the interest of the crown, it was proposed that the members should raffle for employment; every man first taking an oath, and giving security, that he would vote for the court, whether he won or not; after which, the losers had, in their turn, the liberty of raffling upon the next vacancy.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Consequently the advertisement was withdrawn at a dead loss—for as to sherry, my poor dear mother's own sherry was in the market then—and ten years afterwards, the caul was put up in a raffle down in our part of the country, to fifty members at half-a-crown a head, the winner to spend five shillings.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

What we’ve got to do is actually and literally to clear that raffle.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

You might want to buy a charity raffle ticket or scratch-off lotto ticket (and if you do, scratch it off on December 15).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“Clear that raffle,” I answered, pointing to the tangled wreckage overside.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Again, I think you should invest in a few scratch-off lotto or charity raffle tickets.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“Clear that raffle!”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It is worth buying a raffle ticket or two or a few scratch-off lotto tickets—and scratch them on December 15, 25, and 27.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)