Synonyms for roulette

Grammar : Noun

Spell : roo-let

Phonetic Transcription : ruˈlɛt

Top 10 synonyms for roulette

Other synonyms for the word roulette

Définition of roulette

Origin : 1734, "small wheel," from French roulette "gambling game played with a revolving wheel," literally "small wheel," from Old French roelete "little wheel" (12c.), formed on model of Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota "wheel" (see rotary). The game of chance so-called from 1745.

As in game of chance : noun game depending on luck

Example sentences :

That was the kind of roulette wheel a man might really take an interest in!
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

In the casino a crowd is gathering round the roulette wheel.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

And did the old Romans really play at roulette, and was that one of their tables?
Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland

There was also a roulette wheel, which didn't hurt the looks of the place either.
Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly

The best thing he did of that kind was the roulette story at Paris.
Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli

He stood by the roulette table, but he watched her covertly.
Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Perhaps he can enlighten us on how to win at roulette by playing his own system.
Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve

The 160 truth is, Mr. Ranger, I blew in all my wages at roulette last week.
Extract from : « Cavanagh: Forest Ranger » by Hamlin Garland

It made him think of the run of red that sometimes followed a run of black at roulette.
Extract from : « An Engagement of Convenience » by Louis Zangwill

There was roulette, faro, and monte, all at different points.
Extract from : « Wild Bill's Last Trail » by Ned Buntline

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