intransitive. To gamble; to play a game, esp. dice or cards, for money. Also figurative.
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释义 | society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > play games of chance [verb (intransitive)] (27) play1340 intransitive. To gamble; to play a game, esp. dice or cards, for money. Also figurative. game1529 intransitive. To take part in an indoor game, of a kind on which stakes or wagers may be placed; esp. to play games of chance for such stakes or… nick1611 Dice. intransitive. To gamble with dice. Formerly also: †to throw a nick (obsolete). Now Caribbean. to cast a chancea1628 To throw (dice) from the box. Also absol. Hence †to cast a chance (obsolete). to go even or odd1658 evens and (also or) odds (also even and odd, even or odd): any of various games of chance, esp. a guessing game involving objects concealed in a… gamble1757 intransitive. To play games for stakes, as cards, dice, etc., or bet on the outcome of particular events, e.g. the result of a race or other sporting… gaff1819 intransitive. To gamble, esp. to ‘toss up’. slang. buck1849 intransitive. To play at a game of chance or hazard. Usually with against or at. Also figurative. Hence to buck the tiger (see tiger, n. 9a). spiel1859 intransitive. To gamble. Also rarely transitive. Subcategories:— in a 'school' (1) — stake (12) — play without stake (1) — play who shall pay the reckoning (1) — form bank (1) — break bank (1) — cheat (1) |
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