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roulette
(encz) | roulette,ruleta n: Zdeněk Brož |
Roulette
(gcide) | Roulette \Rou*lette"\, v. t.
To make short incisions in with a roulette; to separate by
incisions made with a roulette; as, to roulette a sheet of
postage stamps.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Roulette
(gcide) | Roulette \Rou*lette"\, n. [F., properly, a little wheel or ball.
See Rouleau, Roll.]
1. A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move
round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red
and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the
result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Fine Arts)
(a) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a
plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.
(b) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a
plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Geom.) the curve traced by any point in the plane of a
given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over
another fixed curve. See Cycloid, and Epycycloid.
[1913 Webster]
4. A small toothed wheel used to make short incisions in
paper, as a sheet of postage stamps to facilitate their
separation.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
roulette
(wn) | roulette
n 1: a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a
second figure [syn: roulette, line roulette]
2: a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations [syn:
roulette, toothed wheel]
3: a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of
a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in |
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line roulette
(encz) | line roulette, n: |
roulette
(encz) | roulette,ruleta n: Zdeněk Brož |
roulette ball
(encz) | roulette ball, n: |
roulette wheel
(encz) | roulette wheel, n: |
russian roulette
(encz) | Russian roulette, |
Russian roulette
(gcide) | Russian roulette \Rus"sian roulette\
(a) An act of bravado played by loading one bullet into one
chamber of a revolver in which the cylinder has five or
six positions, spinning the cylinder (thus moving the
bullet randomly to one of the six positions of the
cylinder), pointing the gun to one's head, and pulling
the trigger. If the bullet is in firing position, the
"player" is usually killed. Such a "game" may be played
on a dare, or, in some places, as part of a gamble.
(b) (Fig.) Any dangerous act resembling Russian roulette in
the acceptance of a high risk of serious negative
consequences, usually unnecessarily. "The congress is
playing Russian roulette with the economy by enacting
such large tax reductions without spending cuts."
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line roulette
(wn) | line roulette
n 1: a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a
second figure [syn: roulette, line roulette] |
roulette
(wn) | roulette
n 1: a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a
second figure [syn: roulette, line roulette]
2: a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations [syn:
roulette, toothed wheel]
3: a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of
a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in |
roulette ball
(wn) | roulette ball
n 1: the ball used to play roulette |
roulette wheel
(wn) | roulette wheel
n 1: game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is
used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and
players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
[syn: roulette wheel, wheel] |
russian roulette
(wn) | Russian roulette
n 1: a stunt in which you spin the cylinder of a revolver that
is loaded with only one bullet and then point the muzzle at
your head and pull the trigger |
uroulette
(foldoc) | URouLette
(After URL and roulette, the gambling game) A {World-Wide
Web} service which selects other web pages at random.
(http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/organizations/kucia/uroulette/uroulette.html).
(1994-11-24)
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