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roulette
noun(rou-lette)a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in
roulette
noun(rou-lette)something involving a high degree of chance and unpredictability
roulette
noun(rou-lette)any of various toothed wheels or disks (as for producing rows of dots on engraved plates or for making short consecutive incisions in paper to facilitate subsequent division)
roulette
verb(rou-lette)to make roulettes in
roulette
noun(rou-lette)an act of bravado consisting of spinning the cylinder of a revolver loaded with one cartridge, pointing the muzzle at one's own head, and pulling the trigger
roulette
noun(rou-lette)something resembling Russian roulette in its potential for disaster