gambling

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The activity of risking money on a game or event in the hope of winning more.

   He lost a fortune through gambling at casinos.

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Simplified etymology

Gambling developed in the early 18th century from game, whose oldest English sense was “amusement, fun, or pleasure.”

By surface analysis, gamble + -ing.

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