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• Gamble (disambiguation) — Gamble or wager, is staking something of value on an event with an uncertain outcome.Gamble, Gambling or Gambler may also refer to: * Gambler (Madonna song), a single by Madonna *Gamble Township, Pennsylvania, United States *USS Gamble , US Navy… …   Wikipedia

• Gamble-Skogmo — Inc. was a conglomerate of retail chains and other businesses that was headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Business operated or franchised by Gamble Skogmo included Gambles hardware and auto supply stores, Woman s World and Mode O Day… …   Wikipedia

• Gamble — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Clarence Gamble (1881–1952), US amerikanischer Tennisspieler Douglas Gamble, britischer Konteradmiral im Ersten Weltkrieg Edward Gamble (* 1935), britisch kanadischer Bogenschütze Fred Gamble (* 1932), US… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Gamble Rogers — Birth name James Gamble Rogers IV Born January 31, 1937(1937 01 31) Winter Park, Florida, U.S. Died October 10, 1991(1991 10 10) (aged 54) …   Wikipedia

• gamble away — ˌgamble a ˈway [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they gamble away he/she/it gambles away present participle gambling away past tense gambled away …   Useful english dictionary

• gamble — gam·ble / gam bəl/ vb gam·bled, gam·bling vi: to risk something of value for the chance of winning a prize vt: to risk (something) for the chance of winning a prize gam·bler / blər/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …   Law dictionary

• Gamble — Gamble, v. t. To lose or squander by gaming; usually with away. Bankrupts or sots who have gambled or slept away their estates. Ames. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gamble — (v.) 1726 (implied in gambling), from a dialectal survival of M.E. gammlen, variant of gamenen to play, jest, be merry, from O.E. gamenian to play, joke, pun, from gamen (see GAME (Cf. game)). Or possibly gamble is from a derivative of gamel to… …   Etymology dictionary

• gamble — [n] chance, speculation action, bet, fling, leap*, long shot*, lottery, outside chance*, raffle, risk, shot in the dark*, spec*, stab*, throw of the dice*, toss up*, uncertainty, venture, wager; concepts 28,363 Ant. design, guard, insurance, plan …   New thesaurus

• gamble — [gam′bəl] vi. gambled, gambling [prob. back form. < obs. gamler, a gambler < gamel, to play (altered < ME gamen, to play < game, GAME1) + ER: akin to Ger dial. gammeln, to sport, make merry] 1. to play games of chance for money or… …   English World dictionary

• Gamble — Gam ble, n. An act of gambling; a transaction or proceeding involving gambling; hence, anything involving similar risk or uncertainty. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English