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gam·ble (găḿbəl)

[Perhaps from obsolete gamel, to play games, from Middle English gamen, gamenen, to play, from Old English gamenian, from gamen, fun.]

verb: -bled, -bling, -bles. 

intransitive verb 

    1. To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.
    2. To play a game of chance for stakes.
  2. To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.
  3. To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior: You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke.

transitive verb 

  1. To put up as a stake in gambling; wager.
  2. To expose to hazard; risk: gambled their lives in a dangerous rescue mission.

noun 

  1. A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.
  2. An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk: I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.

derivatives

gaḿbler
noun