RAFFLE

raffle

(noun) a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money

raffle, raffle off

(verb) dispose of in a lottery; “We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

raffle (plural raffles)

A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.

(obsolete) A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.

Verb

raffle (third-person singular simple present raffles, present participle raffling, simple past and past participle raffled)

(transitive) To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.

(intransitive) To participate in a raffle.

Etymology 2

Noun

raffle (uncountable)

refuse; rubbish

Anagrams

• farfel, laffer

Source: Wiktionary

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Raf"fle, n. Etym: [F. rafle; faire rafle to sweep stakes, fr. rafter to carry or sweep away, rafler tout to sweep stakes; of German origin; cf. G. raffeln to snatch up, to rake. See Raff, v.]

1. 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.

2. A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Raf"fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Raffling.]

Definition: To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

Raf"fle, v. t.

Definition: To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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