Definition of roulette
1a : a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest inb : something involving a high degree of chance and unpredictability
2a : 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)b : tiny slits between rows of stamps in a sheet that are made by a roulette and serve as an aid in separation — compare perforation
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Origin and Etymology of roulette
French, literally, small wheel, from Old French roelete, diminutive of roele wheel, rowel, from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota wheel — more at roll
roulette
Definition of roulette
rouletted
;rouletting
transitive verb
: to make roulettes in
First Known Use of roulette
1867
ROULETTE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of roulette for English Language Learners
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: a game in which a small ball is dropped onto a numbered wheel that is spinning and players bet on which numbered section the ball will rest in
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