Gamble

Noun

 * 1) A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
 * 2) A risky venture
 * ''The sailors had taken many gambles with the sea and always won.

Verb

 * 1) To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
 * 2) To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
 * 3)  To risk (something) for potential gain.
 * He gambled his reputation on the outcome.

Adverbs for Gamble
habitually; inveterately; suavely; besottedly; professionally; foolhardily; passionately; improvidently.

Adjectives for Gamble
passionate; ready; riverboat; prodigious; professed; besotted; veterate; skilled; sleek; suave.

Thesaurus
accidentality, actuarial calculation, admit of, adventitiousness, ante, ante up, back, be liable, be subjected to, bet, bet on, bid fair to, blind bargain, borderline case, brave, break, call, cast lots, casualness, challenge, chance, compromise, contingency, count on, court destruction, cover, cut lots, cut the cards, dare, defy, defy danger, destiny, double contingency, draw lots, draw straws, encounter danger, endanger, expose, face, face up to, fade, fate, flukiness, forget the odds, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, gamble on, gamble with, game, good fortune, good luck, guess, hap, happenstance, happy chance, hazard, heedless hap, how they fall, imperil, incur danger, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, law of averages, lay, lay a wager, lay down, lay open, lie under, lot, luck, make a bet, make book, match coins, meet a bet, moira, open question, opportunity, parlay, pass, peril, piece of guesswork, play, play against, play at dice, play the ponies, play with fire, plunge, predict, principle of indeterminacy, probability, problematicness, prognosticate, punt, put in danger, put in jeopardy, put on, question, raffle off, random sample, rely on, risk, run of luck, run the chance, run the risk, see, serendipity, set, shoot craps, sight-unseen transaction, speculate, speculation, sport, stake, stand a chance, stand fair to, stand pat, stand to gain, stand to lose, statistical probability, take a chance, take chances, tempt Providence, tempt fortune, the breaks, theory of probability, toss, toss-up, touch and go, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, undecided issue, venture, wager, whatever comes

Etymology
From gamenian 'to play', either via a dialectal survival of  gammlen, a variant of gamenen 'to play, jest, be merry', or via a derivative of gamel 'to play games'

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Japanese: 賭け (かけ, kake), ギャンブル (gyanburu)
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Polish:


 * Dutch: gok, waagstuk
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Japanese: 賭け (かけ, kake), ギャンブル (gyanburu)


 * : joco


 * : jogo

Verb

 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ottaa riski
 * French:
 * German:, ,


 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: 賭ける (かける, kakeru)
 * Macedonian: се коцка
 * Portuguese:


 * Croatian:
 * Dutch: gokken, kansspelen bedrijven
 * Finnish: uhkapelata
 * German:, ,


 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: 賭ける (かける, kakeru)
 * Macedonian: се коцка


 * Dutch: op het spel zetten, vergokken, wagen
 * Finnish:
 * German: aufs


 * Interlingua: poner in risco
 * Japanese: 懸ける (かける, kakeru)
 * Portuguese:


 * : jocar


 * : jogar