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flat store
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donkey
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fight the tiger
baby needs new shoes
English disease
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hit it
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clear out
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bunko game
flimflam
bunco
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hustle
levant
kiasu
piker
winning
speculative
pennilessness
ludopath
self-exclusion
banking game
penuriousness
shark
gaming
impecuniousness
gambling game
game of chance
nondeposition
melon cutting
holdout
past-posting
game
rake
took a gamble
gaff
tough nut to crack
overgamble
bilker
hard nut to crack
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kiasu
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busted valise
bet
stupid tax
penny ante
loser
velvet
stake
ludomania
flat store
crossroader
donkey
bank
settling
antigambler
floor
score
oddsmaking
Burlington Bertie
house
telegambling
sleeper
flat joint
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cybergambling
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sting
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confidence trick
confidence game
bunco game
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whipsaw
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verb
- To run out of money in a gambling establishment.
- To force (an opponent) to submit.
- To relieve a person of duty, such as a casino worker or wrestler in a tag-team match.
- To produce (a message, rhythm, or other thing) by tapping.
- To deplete, especially of a liquid; to finish the last of a drink.
- To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly either on the arena or the opponent's body.
noun
verb
- deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- clean and tidy up the house
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- be cleanable
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- remove while making clean
- remove unwanted substances from
- remove shells or husks from
adj
- free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
- ritually clean or pure
- not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
noun
adj
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- free from impurities
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- free from sepsis or infection
- morally pure
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- without difficulties or problems
- thorough and without qualification
- not carrying concealed weapons
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- free of drugs
adv
noun
- A place for gambling.
- A place or situation of great suffering in life.
- An extremely hot place.
- Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun.
- In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
- Something extremely painful or harmful (to)
verb
adv
name
intj
verb
- To drop out of the betting.
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
noun
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A single measure of whisky.
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
verb
- To win money by gambling.
- To extract a bribe.
- To earn points in a game.
- To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
- To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
- To obtain something desired.
- To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
- To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
- To acquire or gain.
- To obtain a sexual favor.
noun
- An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
- A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
- The music of a movie or play.
- In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
- A bribe paid to a police officer.
- An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
- A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
- A robbery.
- The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
- Subject.
- A weight of twenty pounds.
- The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
- An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
- A prostitute's client.
- A sexual conquest.
- Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
- The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
- Twenty, 20.
- The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
intj
noun
- Money acquired by gambling.
- The drug dextromethorphan.
- A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
- Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
- A female chinchilla; a sow.
verb
- To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.
- to retract.
- To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
- To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
- To soften; to mitigate.
adj
verb
- To withdraw from betting.
- To stir gently, with a folding action.
- To fall over; to be crushed.
- To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- To give way on a point or in an argument.
- To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
- To become folded; to form folds.
- To withdraw or quit in general.
- To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.
- To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
- To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- To confine animals in a fold.
- Of a company, to cease to trade.
noun
- A group of sheep or goats.
- A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
- Home, family.
- A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
- An act of folding.
- That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.
- The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
- A bend or crease.
- Any correct move in origami.
- A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
- The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
- In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
- A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
- The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
verb
- To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
- To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
- To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
- To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
- To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
- To remove a blockage by suction.
- To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
noun
noun
- the money risked on a gamble
- (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
- instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
- a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
verb
noun
noun
- the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
- sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
- a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
- a long ridge or pile
- an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
- a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
- a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
- a building in which the business of banking is transacted
- a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
verb
noun
- The area of a casino where gambling occurs.
- The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.
- A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
- The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers.
- The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
- A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
- In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
- The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
- The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
- A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
- The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine.
- An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise
- A dance floor.
- A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
- The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
- A storey/story of a building.
- That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
- Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
- Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
verb
name
- Gambling
- Hypochondria
- Rickets
- Poor industrial relations, and the resulting economic weakness
- Homosexuality
- Gout
- Syphilis
- Haemophilia
- Masochism, especially a fondness for flagellation
- Tuberculosis
- Depression (especially suicidal)
- Bronchitis
- Laziness, low motivation
- Sweating sickness
- Football (soccer) hooliganism
noun
- the management of a gambling house or casino
- a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
- the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
- the members of a religious community living together
- the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
- an official assembly having legislative powers
- aristocratic family line
- play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- a social unit living together
- a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
- a building in which something is sheltered or located
verb
noun
- A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler.
- A railroad tie.
- A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae.
- A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
- A sleeper hold.
- A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
- A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
- That which lies dormant, as a law.
- A sedative.
- An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
- A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
- Someone who sleeps.
- Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
- A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
- A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
- A railway sleeping car.
- The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
verb
noun
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- a mental pain or distress
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
verb
noun
noun
- One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.
- A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.
- One who refuses to go out with friends, or leaves a party early; a spoilsport or "chicken".
- An amateur.
- A stingy person; a cheapskate.
- One who pikes (quits or backs out of a promise).
- A tramp; a vagrant.
- A bullock living in the wild. (Also used attributively.)
noun
- A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.
- A sleazy and amoral lawyer.
- Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
- A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).
- A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
- An ambulance chaser.
- A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.
- A university student who is not a fresher that has engaged in sexual activity with a fresher; usually habitually and with multiple people.
verb
verb
- To gamble.
- To play card games, board games, or video games.
- To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
- To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
noun
- The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
- Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
- Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
- An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
- A school subject during which sports are practised.
- A particular instance of playing a game.
- That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
- The number of points necessary to win a game.
- In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
- The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
- One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
- A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
- An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
- A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
- Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
- wild animals hunted for food.
- A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
adj
noun
- A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
- A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
- The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
- In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
- A lot, plenty.
- A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
- A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
- A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
- A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
- A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
- A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
- A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
- The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
- The act of raking.
- In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
- A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
- Rate of progress; pace, speed.
- A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
verb
- Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
- To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
- Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
- To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
- To search through (thoroughly).
- To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
- To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
- To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
- To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
- Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
- To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.
- Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
- To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
- Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
verb
- To gamble.
- To use a gaff, especially to land a fish.
- To cheat or hoax.
- To doctor or modify for deceptive purposes.
- To affix gaffer tape to, or cover with gaffer tape.
noun
- Rough or harsh treatment; criticism.
- A place of residence.
- A trick or con.
- A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe.
- The upper spar used to control a gaff-rigged sail.
- A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
- A type of tight, panty-like underwear worn to hold the male genitalia tucked backwards and make one's genital region look smooth, as if one had a vulva.
verb
- To gamble.
- To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
- Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.
- To be performed; (or of a film) to be shown.
- To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.
- To move to and fro.
- To produce music (or a specified song or musical style) using (a specified musical instrument).
- To compete against, in a game.
- To act; to behave; to practice deception.
- To perform in or at; to give performances in or at.
- To produce music using a musical instrument.
- To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
- To take part in amorous activity; to make love.
- To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- To kid; to joke; say something for amusement.
- (in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
- To produce music.
- To act or perform (a play).
- To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute.
- To put in action or motion.
- To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.
- To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
noun
- A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- An instance of watching or listening to digital media.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- The conduct, or course, of a game.
- A short sequence of action within a game.
- An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- A theatrical performance featuring actors.
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