Antonyms for gamble away
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : gam-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæm bəl |
Definition of gamble away
Origin :- 1726 (implied in gambling), from a dialectal survival of Middle English gammlen, variant of gamenen "to play, jest, be merry," from Old English gamenian "to play, joke, pun," from gamen (see game). Or possibly gamble is from a derivative of gamel "to play games" (1590s), itself likely a frequentative from game. Originally regarded as a slang word. The intrusive -b- may be from confusion with gambol. Related: Gambled; gambling.
- As in waste : verb spend or use without thought; dwindle
- As in fritter away : verb waste
- You don't know how to gamble, and yet you gamble away every cent you get.
- Extract from : « Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist » by Harlan Page Halsey
- Cards were also to be found there by those who wished to gamble away their hard-earned gains or double them.
- Extract from : « Digging for Gold » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Often do they gamble away their share in a boya long before signs of one are apparent.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 » by Various
- Thet up a roulette table in the thellar and let 'em come and gamble away their thwag.
- Extract from : « The Uttermost Farthing » by R. Austin Freeman
- In the corral, groups of leather-clad mountaineers, with decks of euchre and seven up, gamble away their hard-earned peltries.
- Extract from : « In the Old West » by George Frederick Ruxton
- They will sit all day and night, without stopping for food, and gamble away every thing they possess.
- Extract from : « Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California » by Caroline C. Leighton
- He will not, therefore, gamble away the estate, nor disgrace the name of Levett.
- Extract from : « The Chaplain of the Fleet » by Walter Besant and James Rice
- Or a holiday approaches, and there must be a few dollars to gamble away in the cock-pit.
- Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by Ramon Reyes Lala
- The natives will gamble away the last cent they possess before they will stop.
- Extract from : « A Soldier in the Philippines » by Needom N. Freeman
Synonyms for gamble away
- atrophy
- be of no avail
- blow
- burn up
- consume
- corrode
- crumble
- debilitate
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- deplete
- diddle away
- disable
- disappear
- dissipate
- divert
- drain
- droop
- eat away
- ebb
- emaciate
- empty
- enfeeble
- exhaust
- fade
- fribble away
- fritter
- fritter away
- frivol away
- gamble away
- gnaw
- go to waste
- lavish
- lose
- misapply
- misemploy
- misspend
- misuse
- perish
- pour down the drain
- run dry
- run through
- sap
- sink
- spend foolishly
- splurge
- squander
- thin
- throw away
- trifle away
- undermine
- wane
- wear
- wear out
- wilt
- wither
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