English words for 'One who stakes something.'
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noun
adj
- (comparative of ‘good’) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
- more than half
- (comparative of ‘good’) changed for the better in health or fitness
- (comparative and superlative of ‘well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
- comparative form of well: more well
- Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
- Greater in amount or quantity
- comparative form of good: more good
- Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
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verb
noun
- someone who bets
- One who bets (punts) against the bank.
- someone who propels a boat with a pole
- (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground
- (Internet slang) A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.
- One who punts a football.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) One who gambles or bets.
- One who rows or poles a punt (pontoon).
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
- (climbing) A beginner or unskilled climber.
- The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
- (Scotland) A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.
noun
- One who strains.
- Debris in water that blocks the passage of solid objects.
- A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
- A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
- a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
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- One who challenges.
- One who confronts or opposes; a confronter, an opposer.
- (tennis, also attributive) Often in the form Challenger: a match, tournament, or tour of the second-highest tier organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals.
- (games, sports) One who plays against the current champion of a contest or game in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.
- the contestant you hope to defeat
noun
- One who deals or metes out anything.
- One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.
- The person who deals the cards in a card game.
- A particular type of stock broker or trader.
- A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
- someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
- the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for their own account
- a seller of illicit goods
- a firm engaged in trading
- the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game
verb
- To stake; to wager.
- To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.
- (transitive) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
- (intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
- compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
noun
noun
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- Someone who wrangles or corrals.
- (US, education, New England, derogatory) A special education teacher.
- (UK, education, Cambridge University) A student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours.
- (US) A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses.
- (Texas) A groom.
- An animal handler or trainer.
- (US) A cowboy who takes care of tourists.
- A brawler or disputant.
- a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
- someone who argues noisily or angrily
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verb
- (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
- (transitive) To pass down.
- (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- (intransitive, cooking) To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
- (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
- (nautical) To yield or give way.
- (transitive) To translate into another language.
- (transitive, art, by extension) To apply realistic coloring and shading.
- (transitive) To make over as a return.
- (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
- (ditransitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
- cause to become
- give back
- coat with plastic or cement
- make over as a return
- to surrender someone or something to another
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- bestow
- give something useful or necessary to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- give or supply
- pass down
noun
noun
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains
- mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
- someone who dives (into water)
- (firearms) The firing pin of a breechloader.
- A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
- (pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
- A cafetière, through abbreviation of coffee plunger.
- The part of a cafetière that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
- One who plunges; a diver.
- (military) A cavalryman.
- (pinball) The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
- A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
- The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
- A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.
- The moving portion of a solenoid.
- The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
noun
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- One who forms theories; a theorist.
- One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
- (business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
- (rugby) Synonym of field goal.
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
adj
- (comparative of ‘good’) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
- more than half
- (comparative of ‘good’) changed for the better in health or fitness
- (comparative and superlative of ‘well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
- comparative form of well: more well
- Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
- Greater in amount or quantity
- comparative form of good: more good
- Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
adv
verb
noun
- someone who bets
- One who bets (punts) against the bank.
- someone who propels a boat with a pole
- (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground
- (Internet slang) A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.
- One who punts a football.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) One who gambles or bets.
- One who rows or poles a punt (pontoon).
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
- (climbing) A beginner or unskilled climber.
- The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
- (Scotland) A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.
noun
- One who strains.
- Debris in water that blocks the passage of solid objects.
- A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
- A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
- a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
noun
noun
noun
- One who challenges.
- One who confronts or opposes; a confronter, an opposer.
- (tennis, also attributive) Often in the form Challenger: a match, tournament, or tour of the second-highest tier organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals.
- (games, sports) One who plays against the current champion of a contest or game in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.
- the contestant you hope to defeat
noun
- One who deals or metes out anything.
- One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.
- The person who deals the cards in a card game.
- A particular type of stock broker or trader.
- A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
- someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
- the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for their own account
- a seller of illicit goods
- a firm engaged in trading
- the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game
noun
noun
noun
- Someone who wrangles or corrals.
- (US, education, New England, derogatory) A special education teacher.
- (UK, education, Cambridge University) A student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours.
- (US) A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses.
- (Texas) A groom.
- An animal handler or trainer.
- (US) A cowboy who takes care of tourists.
- A brawler or disputant.
- a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
- someone who argues noisily or angrily
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noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
verb
- (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
- (transitive) To pass down.
- (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- (intransitive, cooking) To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
- (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
- (nautical) To yield or give way.
- (transitive) To translate into another language.
- (transitive, art, by extension) To apply realistic coloring and shading.
- (transitive) To make over as a return.
- (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
- (ditransitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
- cause to become
- give back
- coat with plastic or cement
- make over as a return
- to surrender someone or something to another
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- bestow
- give something useful or necessary to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- give or supply
- pass down
noun
noun
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains
- mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
- someone who dives (into water)
- (firearms) The firing pin of a breechloader.
- A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
- (pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
- A cafetière, through abbreviation of coffee plunger.
- The part of a cafetière that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
- One who plunges; a diver.
- (military) A cavalryman.
- (pinball) The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
- A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
- The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
- A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.
- The moving portion of a solenoid.
- The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
noun
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- One who forms theories; a theorist.
- One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
- (business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
- (rugby) Synonym of field goal.
noun
noun
noun
noun
verb
- To stake; to wager.
- To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.
- (transitive) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
- (intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
- compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
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