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roulette

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. 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. 2.A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.
  3. 3.A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
  4. 4.The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve.
  5. 5.Any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations.

verb

  1. 1.To separate or decorate by incisions made with a small toothed wheel.

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