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rouletting

/ruːˈlɛtɪŋ/

/ruˈlɛtɪŋ/

roulettingnoun

roulettings

Translations

рулетка

The casino was filled with people playing roulette.

Казино было заполнено людьми, играющими в рулетку.

Definitions

The act or process of making a series of small, closely spaced perforations or indentations, often used in printing or engraving.

The rouletting on the stamp was done to make it easier to separate from the sheet.

The perforations or scored pattern produced by a roulette wheel or similar tool.

Under magnification, the rouletting was crisp and uniform.

roulettinggerund / present participle

/ruːˈletɪŋ/

/ruˈlɛtɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe tools, processes or materials that create or bear closely-spaced perforations.

Definitions

Creating or characterized by a pattern of small, closely spaced perforations or indentations.

The rouletting edge of the blade left a neat border on the ticket.

roulettenoun

Definitions

A gambling game in which a ball is dropped onto a revolving wheel with numbered compartments, the players betting on which compartment the ball will come to rest in.

She placed her chips on number 17 in the game of roulette, hoping for a big win.

A situation or activity that involves a high degree of risk or uncertainty.

Investing in the stock market can sometimes feel like a game of roulette.

A small toothed wheel or hand-tool used to create rows of perforations or decorative dots in leather, paper, metal, etc.

The artisan passed a roulette along the paper's edge to produce an even line of tiny holes.

rouletteverb

rouletting

Gerund

rouletted

Past Simple

rouletted

Past Participle

rouletting

Gerund

/ruːˈlɛt/

/ruˈlɛt/

Used chiefly in technical contexts for marking materials; rarely, to mean ‘to play roulette’.

Definitions

To mark or shape (a material) with a roulette tool, producing a series of small perforations or decorative impressions.

The jeweller rouletted the band to give it a textured finish.

To play the gambling game of roulette.

They spent the evening rouletting at the casino.

Synonyms

take a gamble

rouletteadjective

Definitions

Relating to or characteristic of the gambling game of roulette.

The casino bought a new roulette table for the high-rollers’ area.

Involving a high degree of risk or governed largely by chance; random or unpredictable.

Entering the market without research is a roulette strategy that can backfire.