raffle

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹæfl̩/

Noun

raffle (plural raffles)

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

   He entered a raffle to win a lifetime supply of toothpaste, but he did not win.

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

Translations

• French: tombola
• German: Tombola, Verlosung
• Italian: estrazione, estrazione a premi, lotteria, estrazione del lotto
• Portuguese: rifa
• Russian: лотере́я
• Spanish: rifa

Verb

raffle (raffles, present participle raffling; past raffled, past participle raffled)

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

   They raffled off four gift baskets.

2. (intransitive) To participate in a raffle.

   to raffle for a watch

Translations

• German: verlosen
• Spanish: rifar

Noun

raffle (uncountable)

1. refuse; rubbish

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