betting
Syllables: bet·ting/ˈbɛ.tɪŋ/US[ˈbɛɾɪŋ]
betting adjective: describing one who bets or gambles. Also the present participle and gerund of bet.
Adjective
betting
- Describing one who bets or gambles.
- If I were a betting man, I'd wager my next pay check he couldn't do that again.
Noun
betting (plural bettings)
- The act of placing a bet.
- Once the field was prepared, and preliminaries of the game all settled, the bettings all made and goods all “staked,” night came on without the appearance of any players on the ground.1989, Jesse O. McKee, The Choctaw
Also used as
betting is also the present participle and gerund of bet.
betting meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
betting in Hindi
- सट्टेबाजी
betting in Marathi
- सट्टेबाजी, पैज लावणे, सट्टा लावणे
betting in Urdu
- سٹے بازی
betting in Bengali
- বাজি ধরা, বাজি
More languagesFewer languages
- betting in Telugu
- బెట్టింగ్
- betting in Malayalam
- വാതുവെപ്പ്, വാതുവയ്പ്പ്, വാതുവയ്പ്
- betting in Kannada
- ಬೆಟ್ಟಿಂಗ್
- betting in Punjabi
- ਸੱਟੇਬਾਜ਼ੀ, ਸੱਟਾ ਲਗਾਉਣਾ, ਸੱਟਾ ਲਾਉਣਾ
- betting in Gujarati
- સટ્ટાબાજી
- betting in Nepali
- सट्टेबाजी, सट्टाबाजी
- betting in Arabic
- مُرَاهَنَة murāhana
Forms of betting
| plural | bettings |
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Words formed from betting
Phrases with betting
- betting up
- betting out
- donk betting
- betting rings
- betting round
- betting shops
- value betting
- string betting
- betting parlors
- betting the farm
- betting one's ass
- betting terminals
7 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with betting
Questions about betting
- What does betting mean?
- Betting means describing one who bets or gambles.
- What is betting in Hindi?
- Betting in Hindi is सट्टेबाजी. See Betting meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is betting?
- Betting can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce betting?
- Betting is pronounced /ˈbɛ.tɪŋ/.
Words near betting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: betting (page history and authors); betting (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); betting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); betting (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); betting (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); betting (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); betting (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); betting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); betting (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); betting (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); betting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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