raffle
About 0.17 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
He entered a raffle to win a lifetime supply of toothpaste, but he did not win.
- noun A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.
- noun The system by which cases are assigned to judges in multi-sala courts.
- verb To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing.
They raffled off four gift baskets.
- verb To participate in a raffle.
to raffle for a watch
- noun Refuse; rubbish.
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Similar words
raffle off sweepstakes lottery jackpot bazaar reissue circulation draw lot drawing
Often followed by
tickets ticket for of and was off to at
Word family
raffled raffles raffling
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