Raffle
Pronunciation of Raffle
/ɹˈafə͡l/, /ɹˈafəl/, /ɹ_ˈa_f_əl/
Synonyms for raffle:
Sense 1
spelling bee, bake-off.
Sense 2
pageant, beauty contest, drawing.
gamble
bet.
Other synonyms and related words:
dust, debris, Spilth, Offscouring, dross, refuse, garbage, pageant, chaff, offal, bet, junk, truck, dreck, riffraff, drawing, trash, Deadwood, effluvium, anger, litter.
Sense 2 (noun)
pageant, beauty contest, spelling bee, bake-off.
lottery for a prize (noun)
bet, drawing.
raffle (noun)
raffle off.
sweepstakes (noun)
bet, drawing.
possession (verb)
raffle off.
Usage examples for raffle:
- The Englishman, wishing to retrieve his phaeton and horses, which he protested only to have lent his belle, found that she had put the whole equipage into a kind of lottery, or raffle, to which all her numerous friends had subscribed, and that an Altona Jew had won it. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.