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keno collapse

roulette collapse: a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in; a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations; a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure

pinball collapse: a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets

horse racing collapse: the sport of racing horses

shell game collapse: a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under

craps collapse: a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice; when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot the results is called `craps' or `snake eyes'

sweepstakes collapse: a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants

according to Hoyle collapse

more or less collapse

scansion collapse: analysis of verse into metrical patterns

metric collapse: based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents"

metrical collapse

scores collapse

approximately collapse: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"

for all practical purposes collapse: in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical purposes useless"

versification collapse: the art or practice of writing verse; the form or metrical composition of a poem; a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)

bingo collapse

pulsating collapse

rhythmical collapse: recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"

elegize collapse: compose an elegy

pulsing collapse

rhythmic collapse

all in all collapse: with everything considered (and neglecting details); "altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's not so bad"

all things considered collapse

numbers collapse: the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt

on the whole collapse

prosody collapse: the study of poetic meter and the art of versification; the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

metrics collapse

raffle collapse: a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money; dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas"

in the long run collapse: after a very lengthy period of time; "she will succeed in the long run"

plurality collapse: (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes); the state of being plural; "to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable"

generally collapse: without distinction of one from others; "he is interested in snakes in general"

practically collapse: in a practical manner; "practically orientated institutions such as business schools"; "a brilliant man but so practically inept that he needed help to cross the road safely"; almost; nearly; "practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train"; "he was practically the only guest at the party"; "there was practically no garden at all"

algorithm collapse: a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

roundly collapse: in a round manner; "she was roundly slim"

bookmaker collapse: a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races); a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books

tidy sum collapse

covey collapse: a small flock of grouse or partridge; a small collection of people

bevy collapse: a flock of quail; a group of girls or young women

dactyl collapse: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables

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