GAMBLING


Meaning of GAMBLING in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

compulsive gambling/overeating/spending etc

Compulsive overspending in these days of credit cards has become more common.

drugs/gambling/smuggling etc racket

Police believe he is involved in an international smuggling racket.

illegal parking/gambling/hunting etc

The fines for illegal parking are likely to increase.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

movie/media/gambling etc mogul

The movie moguls were taking it up.

Under normal circumstances Chaplin may well have simply thrown the eminent movie mogul a mere passing glance of recognition.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Gambling is still illegal in Arkansas.

Crane admits that he is addicted to gambling .

He was against the introduction of a National Lottery as he thought it might encourage gambling .

Is gambling legal here?

Your Uncle Maury has a gambling problem.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At Cambridge he showed little aptitude for study and tended to be diverted by horse-racing and other forms of gambling .

Every nation must have its legalized form of gambling .

Low profile Usually campaigns against gambling are the prerogative of the fiercer Protestant denominations.

She paid all her gambling debts the very next day.

So that night they celebrated, getting roaring drunk, playing cards and gambling .

That is, they do not become millionaires and then stop gambling .

The distress caused by compulsive gambling is very considerable.

This certainly seems to be the case with some kinds of gambling .

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.