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raffle

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Scrabble points
12
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13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɹæfl̩/

Definition of raffle

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.”
    “The raffle was a big success—too big, in fact.”
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noun

  1. 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.”
    “The raffle was a big success—too big, in fact.”
  2. (obsolete)A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.
  3. (Philippines)The system by which cases are assigned to judges in multi-sala courts.
  4. (uncountable)Refuse; rubbish.

verb

  1. (often, transitive)To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing.
    “They raffled off four gift baskets.”
  2. (intransitive)To participate in a raffle.
    “to raffle for a watch”

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Etymology

From Middle English rafle, from Old French rafle, raffle (“dice game", also "plundering”), from rafler (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), from Frankish *raffolōn, from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrēpōną (“to scratch, touch,…

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From Middle English rafle, from Old French rafle, raffle (“dice game", also "plundering”), from rafler (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), from Frankish *raffolōn, from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrēpōną (“to scratch, touch, pluck out, snatch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb(h)-, *(s)kerb(h)- (“to turn, bend, shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Middle Dutch raffel (“dice game”), German raffen (“to snatch away, sweep off”), Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat, attack”).

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