Word of the Day: Gamble and Gambol

gamble

gam-ble  /  găm-bəl

 

noun

 

1. a risky venture

Prayer is never just an emergency flare or desperate anxious gamble.

Timothy Keller, 1950 –

 

2. a bet or wager

A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise.

Daniel Kahneman, 1934 –

 

verb

 

1. to play a game for financial gain

I tell everybody that I cheat so they won’t gamble with me.

Jack Nicholson, 1937 –

 

2. to bet on a particular outcome

Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Simone de Beauvoir, 1908-1986

 

3. to take a risk hoping for some type of gain

If you don’t gamble, you’ll never win.

Aldous Huxley, 1894 – 1963

 

4. to act recklessly or to engage in hazardous activities

You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness.

Anne Frank, 1929 – 1945

 

 

gambol

gam-bol  /  găm-bəl

 

noun

 

1. the act of playfully jumping and skipping

Every monkey will have his gambols.

French Proverb

 

verb

 

1. to playfully skip and jump; to frolic

Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.

Publilius Syrus, fl. 85 BC – 43 BC