bet (verb)
1bet — Ⅰ. bet ► VERB (betting; past and past part. bet or betted) 1) risk money or property against another s on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game. 2) informal feel sure. ► NOUN 1) an act of bett …
2bet*/ — [bet] (past tense past participle bet) verb [I/T] I to risk an amount of money by saying what you think will happen in a race or game Thousands of people bet on the result of the match.[/ex] I bet £10 on each of the horses.[/ex] He bet me £20… …
3bet — [c]/bɛt / (say bet) verb (bet or betted, betting) –verb (t) 1. to pledge as a forfeit to another who makes a similar pledge in return, in support of an opinion; stake; wager: *Well, I ll bet you a new saddle you take a gin before a twelvemonth s… …
4bet — ▪ I. bet bet 1 [bet] verb bet PTandPP or betted betting PRESPART [intransitive, transitive] …
5bet — verb (bets, betting; past and past participle bet or betted) 1》 risk a sum of money or other valued item against someone else s on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game. 2》 informal used to express certainty:… …
6bet — 1590s, as both a verb and noun, in the argot of petty criminals, of unknown origin; probably aphetic of ABET (Cf. abet) or else from obsolete beet to make good, from O.E. bætan make better, arouse, stimulate, from P.Gmc. *baitjanan, in which case …
7bet on — verb place a bet on (Freq. 4) Which horse are you backing? I m betting on the new horse • Syn: ↑back, ↑gage, ↑stake, ↑game, ↑punt • …
8bet dollars to donuts — verb To suggest that something is very likely to be true or that one has a strong hunch about something. Related to the earlier bet dollars to buttons and bet dollars to dumplings that appeared in the 1880s, meaning almost certain because the… …
9bet — /bet/ noun an amount deposited when you risk money on the result of a race or of a game ■ verb to risk money on the result of something ● He bet £100 on the result of the election. ● I bet you £25 the dollar will rise against the pound …
10bet|ted — «BEHT ihd», verb. bet; a past tense and past participle of bet1 …
