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Rareroulette
The correct spelling is roulette.
How to pronounce roulette
noun
Say it like: Row-let-te
The correct spelling is roulette. A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result… For example: "to roulette a sheet of postage stamps"
Usage Examples
“to roulette a sheet of postage stamps”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
- 2.A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.
- 3.A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
- 4.The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve.
- 5.Any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations.
verb
- 1.To separate or decorate by incisions made with a small toothed wheel.
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