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GAMBLED

Definition: GAMBLED

GAMBLED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Gamble

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "GAMBLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Modern Usage: GAMBLED

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You have gambled and lost! (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence)

You gambled your life for me once with Willy. (The Blue Max; writing credit: Jack Hunter; Ben Barzman)

Mmm, he's got her bettin' now. She never gambled 'fore she met him. (The Bank Dick; writing credit: W.C. Fields)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: GAMBLED

"GAMBLED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "GAMBLED" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)75%4550,900
Lexical Verb (past participle)25%1590,616
                    Total100.00%60N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: GAMBLED

Language Translations for "GAMBLED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

赌博 (gamble, gambling, gaming). (various references)

   

German

  

spielte um Geld, spielte (horsed, toyed, trifled, twiddled). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

노름하". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ambledgay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: GAMBLED

Misspellings

"GAMBLED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gamballed, gambei, Gambela, gambie, gambly, gammble, Gemalde, gimbel, gimble, Gumble. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "GAMBLED"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "GAMBLED" (pronounced ga"mbuld)
6-a" m b u l dambled, rambled, scrambled.
5-m b u l dassembled, crumbled, disassembled, fumbled, grumbled, humbled, jumbled, mumbled, reassembled, resembled, rumbled, stumbled, trembled, tumbled.
4-b u l dbabbled, bubbled, cabled, cobbled, corbelled, dabbled, dibbled, disabled, doubled, dribbled, enabled, enfeebled, fabled, garbled, gobbled, hobbled, labeled, labelled, libeled, marbled, mislabeled, nibbled, redoubled, scribbled, squabbled, tabled, trebled, troubled, unlabeled, untroubled, wobbled.
3-u l daddled, angled, annulled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bridled, bristled, buckled, bundled, bungled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, coddled, commingled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dimpled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enameled, encircled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, funneled, giggled, grappled, grizzled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, huddled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, jangled, jostled, juggled, kindled, knuckled, ladled, leveled, levelled, mangled, manhandled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, newfangled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rankled, rattled, raveled, recycled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, subtitled, swindled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trickled, tripled, trundled, tussled, unbridled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, waffled, wangled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: GAMBLED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-g-l-m"

-1 letter: ambled, bedlam, beglad, beldam, blamed, gabled, gamble, lambed.

-2 letters: amble, badge, bagel, baled, belga, blade, blame, gable, gambe, gamed, glade, gleam, gleba, lamed, medal.

-3 letters: abed, able, aged, alme, bade, bald, bale, balm, bead, beam, bema, blae, blam, bled, dale, dame, deal, egad, egal, gaed, gale, gamb, game, geld, glad, gled, lade, lamb, lame, lead, mabe, made, mage, male, mead, meal, meld.

-4 letters: age, alb, ale, bad, bag, bal, bam, bed, beg, bel, dab, dag, dal, dam, deb, del, eld, elm, gab, gad, gae, gal, gam, ged, gel, gem, lab, lad, lag, lam, lea, led, leg, mad, mae, mag, med, meg, mel.

-5 letters: ab, ad, ae, ag, al, am, ba, be, de, ed, el, em, la, ma, me.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-g-l-m"
 

+1 letter: gamboled, gimbaled.

 

+2 letters: gambolled, gimballed.

 

+3 letters: beglamored, embrangled.

 

+4 letters: beglamoured.

 

+5 letters: descrambling, diagrammable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: GAMBLED


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 41 4D 42 4C 45 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--.    .-    --    -...    .-..    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01000001 01001101 01000010 01001100 01000101 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#65 &#77 &#66 &#76 &#69 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0041 004D 0042 004C 0045 0044

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

41354736463938

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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