betting

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛtɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛɾɪŋ]
- Homophone: bedding
Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

Adjective

betting

Describing one who bets or gambles.
If I were a betting man, I'd wager my next pay check he couldn't do that again.

Verb

betting

present participle of bet

Noun

betting (plural bettings)

The act of placing a bet.
- Jesse O. McKee, The Choctaw
  Once the field was prepared, and preliminaries of the game all settled, the bettings all made and goods all “staked,” night came on without the appearance of any players on the ground.

Translations

act of placing a bet

Finnish: vedonlyönti (fi)
Portuguese: aposta (pt) f

Swedish: vadslagning (sv) n

Anagrams

big tent, big-tent

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