gamble

i. & t. [Formed from game (q. v.) by the addition of the suff.le, the b being excrescent, as in humble, number, . A. In trans.: To play or game for a stake. "Where neither strumpets' charms, nor drinking-bout, Nor gambling practices, can find it out." Cowper : Tirocinium , 246. B. Trans.: To waste or squander in gambling; followed by away ; as, He gambled away all his property.