Raffle

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A game with dice.
  • noun. A method of sale by chance or lottery, in which the price of the thing to be disposed of is divided into equal shares, and the persons taking the shares east lots for its possession by throwing dice or otherwise.
  • To try the chance of a raffle; engage in a raffle: as, to raffle for a watch.
  • To dispose of by means of a raffle: often with off: as, to raffle or raffle off a watch.
  • To move or fidget about.
  • To live in a disorderly way.
  • To stir (a fire).
  • To brush off (walnuts).
  • noun. Nautical, raff; lumber; rubbish.
  • noun. Same as raffle-net.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.
  • noun. A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
  • noun. Refuse; rubbish; raff.
  • transitive verb. To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in a raffle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
  • verb. To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
  • verb. dispose of in a lottery
  • Word Usage
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    drawing  gift  give  lottery  present  
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    baffle  
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