Roulette
noun
A form of gambling where you bet on where a small ball spinning on a wheel will finally land.
He lost all his money playing roulette at the casino.
Often appears as...
- play roulette
- roulette table
noun
A tool used by a person working with glass or metalwork to cut or make patterns.
He used a roulette to carefully etch an intricate design on to the surface of the metal plate.
Often appears as...
- etching roulette
- roulette tool
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Technical
noun
A lethal game in which participants put a single bullet in a revolver, spin the cylinder, point the gun at their own head, and pull the trigger.
No one in their right mind should consider participating in a game of Russian Roulette.
Often appears as...
- russian roulette
- play russian roulette
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A form of gambling where you bet on where a small ball spinning on a wheel will finally land.
He lost all his money playing roulette at the casino.
Often appears as...
- play roulette
- roulette table
noun
A tool used by a person working with glass or metalwork to cut or make patterns.
He used a roulette to carefully etch an intricate design on to the surface of the metal plate.
Often appears as...
- etching roulette
- roulette tool
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A lethal game in which participants put a single bullet in a revolver, spin the cylinder, point the gun at their own head, and pull the trigger.
No one in their right mind should consider participating in a game of Russian Roulette.
Often appears as...
- russian roulette
- play russian roulette
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Casino Game
Roulette is often associated with gambling and casinos; it's a common betting game.
They have blackjack and roulette at the new casino downtown.
Pro Tip 2/3Luck-Based
Roulette is a game of chance, not skill. The outcome is entirely random.
He hoped his luck would change at the roulette wheel.
Pro Tip 3/3Color & Number Bets
When playing roulette, people bet on either a color (red or black) or a number.
She placed her chips on red at the roulette table.
Pro Tip 1/3Casino Game
Roulette is often associated with gambling and casinos; it's a common betting game.
They have blackjack and roulette at the new casino downtown.
Pro Tip 2/3Luck-Based
Roulette is a game of chance, not skill. The outcome is entirely random.
He hoped his luck would change at the roulette wheel.
Pro Tip 3/3Color & Number Bets
When playing roulette, people bet on either a color (red or black) or a number.
She placed her chips on red at the roulette table.
Pro Tip 1/3Casino Game
Roulette is often associated with gambling and casinos; it's a common betting game.
They have blackjack and roulette at the new casino downtown.
Pro Tip 2/3Luck-Based
Roulette is a game of chance, not skill. The outcome is entirely random.
He hoped his luck would change at the roulette wheel.
Pro Tip 3/3Color & Number Bets
When playing roulette, people bet on either a color (red or black) or a number.
She placed her chips on red at the roulette table.
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Jeremy Jackson: How we...
and they'll start to merge, and we can imagine something like the dead-zonification of the global, coastal ocean. Then you sure won't want to eat fish that were raised in it, because it would be a kind of gastronomic Russian roulette. Sometimes you have a toxic bloom;
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Deathly Ill in a Thai...
yeah it's playing Russian roulette now might as well have had a gun and spun the barrel and you know pointed at my head life sentence I'm not getting out so
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Jeremy Jackson: How we...
and they'll start to merge, and we can imagine something like the dead-zonification of the global, coastal ocean. Then you sure won't want to eat fish that were raised in it, because it would be a kind of gastronomic Russian roulette. Sometimes you have a toxic bloom;
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Deathly Ill in a Thai...
yeah it's playing Russian roulette now might as well have had a gun and spun the barrel and you know pointed at my head life sentence I'm not getting out so
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Adam Green
American Director
Hollywood is a roulette wheel. Each project dictates what's going to happen for you next, and it doesn't really matter that your project is critically acclaimed or won awards or has fans worldwide. It's a matter of how many movie tickets and DVDs and on-demand movies that you sell.
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Samuel Goldwyn
American Producer
The independents who were our fiercest competitors all succumbed to the one-hit-makes-you-a-genius philosophy. It is a mistake to think you have the magic touch. Show business is roulette. If you start to play for stakes you can't afford, there's no way you can survive.
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Ajith Kumar
Indian Actor
Filmmaking, I often like to say, is like Russian roulette. You never know what you'll get. The only thing you can do is find solace in the fact that, irrespective of the film's response, you work hard to make the money you do.
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Andrea Bocelli
Italian Musician
My life experience has taught me nothing happens by chance. Even the idea of the ball in a roulette game: it's not chance it ends up in a certain place. It's forces that are at play.
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Kyle Lafferty
It was every day on the horses and every single race. I was betting on anything; horses, dogs, virtual racing, roulette.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.
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Tracy Morgan
American Actor
If I gamble, I'll play roulette. My wife and I will play roulette, and that's about it. I'm not a heavy gambler.
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
I just love bikes. It's not the safest passion to have, but I guess it's better than Russian roulette.
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Chazz Palminteri
American Actor
I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers.
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Roger Kahn
American Writer
Horse racing is animated roulette.
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Adam Green
American Director
Hollywood is a roulette wheel. Each project dictates what's going to happen for you next, and it doesn't really matter that your project is critically acclaimed or won awards or has fans worldwide. It's a matter of how many movie tickets and DVDs and on-demand movies that you sell.
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Samuel Goldwyn
American Producer
The independents who were our fiercest competitors all succumbed to the one-hit-makes-you-a-genius philosophy. It is a mistake to think you have the magic touch. Show business is roulette. If you start to play for stakes you can't afford, there's no way you can survive.
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Ajith Kumar
Indian Actor
Filmmaking, I often like to say, is like Russian roulette. You never know what you'll get. The only thing you can do is find solace in the fact that, irrespective of the film's response, you work hard to make the money you do.
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Andrea Bocelli
Italian Musician
My life experience has taught me nothing happens by chance. Even the idea of the ball in a roulette game: it's not chance it ends up in a certain place. It's forces that are at play.
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Kyle Lafferty
It was every day on the horses and every single race. I was betting on anything; horses, dogs, virtual racing, roulette.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.
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Tracy Morgan
American Actor
If I gamble, I'll play roulette. My wife and I will play roulette, and that's about it. I'm not a heavy gambler.
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
I just love bikes. It's not the safest passion to have, but I guess it's better than Russian roulette.
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Chazz Palminteri
American Actor
I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers.
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Roger Kahn
American Writer
Horse racing is animated roulette.
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