betting
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈbɛtɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): [ˈbɛɾɪŋ]
- Homophone: bedding
- Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ
Adjective
editbetting
- 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
editbetting
- present participle and gerund of bet
Noun
editbetting (plural bettings)
- The act of placing a bet.
- 1989, 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.
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editTranslations
editact of placing a bet
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