Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A lottery in which a number of persons buy chances to win a prize.
- v. To dispose of in a raffle. Often used with off.
- v. To conduct or take part in a raffle.
- n. Rubbish; debris.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A game with dice.
- n. 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).
- n. Nautical, raff; lumber; rubbish.
- n. Same as raffle-net.
Wiktionary
- n. A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
- v. To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
- n. obsolete A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
- n. Refuse; rubbish; raff.
- v. To engage in a raffle.
- v. To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by
off .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
- v. dispose of in a lottery
Etymologies
- 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 *hrapōnan, *hrēpōnan (“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"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English rafle, a game using dice, from Old French, act of seizing, dice game, perhaps of Germanic origin.Probably from French rafle, act of seizing, from Old French; see raffle1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Diary Entry by michaelslevinson (about the author) yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The National Car-Lotto'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'The National Car-Lotto applies the concept behind a church sponsored raffle to the whole auto industry, nationwide, with car \'raffle\' tickets for the car of your choice offered where ever Lotto tickets are sold.”
“For now ... know that a raffle is coming. $1 for 1 ticket, $10 for 11 tickets, $20 for 25, prizes ranging from custom writing to lunch dates to baked goods to Jayne hats to jewelry to tuckerizations and so much more ... and if you have anything you want to add to the raffle, please please do.”
“To be on the safe side, I'd avoid using the word raffle, too.”
“Menu for Hope (which has collected over $13,500 USD in raffle tickets and has been extended until Saturday, December 24th) and chew on this Flickr feast.”
“The executive council for Yuri's Night, The World Space Party, is pleased to announce the launch of a new fund-raising campaign at SpaceRaffle. net, the world's first long term raffle campaign supporting a space cause.”
“There proved to be two biscuits apiece, with a small surplus, and for this last the crew held a "raffle" -- each time a single biscuit forming the prize.”
“The raffle is set to start on August 25, according to Dr. Chynn, who is affiliated with the Manhattan Eye & Ear Hospital, and who will sell the tickets over his office’s Web site.”
“Whether a raffle is a more effective fundraiser than an auction, depends on your audience.”
“The Kit Rae sword raffle went well, with interest from numerous visitors and customers.”
“ROTH: A raffle might be a simpler way of picking a president these days.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘raffle’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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bad memory
copper, anvil, oblique, thrust, shrine, welfare, farewell, bitter, faction, sectarian, tangible, spectacle and 134 more...
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Waffle and such
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Things from my memory
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Words
teeter, headlong, reprobate, canard, ersatz, prevaricate, trenchant, minatory, fatuous, stultify, vitiate, fulminate and 135 more...
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G & G
GRE , GMAT , TOEFL , IELTS , SAT 。。。
alphabet soup, vernacular, aberrant, abeyance, abet, recant, contrite, reiterate, patois, skew, senate, deliberative and 179 more...
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Favorite Words
i love words.
ricochet, clavicle, etymology, equivocate, decoupage, dillydally, effervescent, flimflam, haberdashery, hullabaloo, debacle, juxtapose and 210 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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No thanks, I'm fle.
purfle, kerfuffle, riffle, whiffle, rifle, baffle, trifle, stifle, duffle, truffle, muffle, shuffle and 1 more...
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ofravens goes bird-watching
Various names for groups of birds.
dissimulation, bouquet, parliament, chattering, convocation, exaltation, covey, congress, deceit, descent, charm, flush and 74 more...
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