raffle
To award something by means of a raffle or random drawingTo award something by means of a raffle or random drawing.
» Did Tom buy a raffle ticket?
Том купил лотерейный билет? — sharptoothed
Том купив лотерейний квиток? — deniko
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2 senses(often, transitive)To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing.
They raffled off four gift baskets.
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(intransitive)To participate in a raffle.
to raffle for a watch
- dispose of in a lottery
Examples
14 sentencesDid Tom buy a raffle ticket?
Том купив лотерейний квиток? — deniko
ruТом купил лотерейный билет? — sharptoothed
I won the raffle.
Я виграв у лотереї. — deniko
Do you ever buy raffle tickets?
ruТы когда-нибудь покупаешь лотерейные билеты? — Wezel
Do you still have that raffle ticket?
Have you bought a raffle ticket yet?
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English rafle, from Old French rafle, raffle (“dice game", also "plundering”),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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Forms
raffles, raffling, raffled, raffledSynonyms
1 synonyms- dispose of in a lottery:raffle off
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle