roulette

A game where people bet on which numbered space a ball will land in on a spinning wheel.

• We played roulette at the casino.
• The roulette wheel stopped on twelve.
• She lost twenty euros at roulette.

Similar words: roly-poly

Common phrases: play roulette, roulette wheel, roulette table

Taking a dangerous chance that could cause serious harm.

• Skipping safety checks is roulette with people's lives.
• He called the untested treatment medical roulette.
• Buying shares blindly can become financial roulette.

Similar words: gamble

Common phrases: play roulette, medical roulette, financial roulette

A small wheel with teeth, used to make rows of dots on a printing plate.

• The engraver used a roulette to add dots.
• She rolled the roulette across the metal plate.
• Different roulettes produce different patterns of dots.

Common phrases: engraving roulette, roulette wheel, use a roulette

A small wheel used to make a printing plate rough, especially when changing a picture.

• He used a roulette to roughen the plate.
• The roulette restored texture to the smooth area.
• She chose a small roulette for the mezzotint corrections.

Common phrases: mezzotint roulette, use a roulette, roulette marks

To make small cuts with a toothed wheel, for decoration or to let pieces tear apart.

• The printer will roulette the sheet of stamps.
• They rouletted the paper so each label could be torn off.
• She rouletted the edges to create a decorative border.

Common phrases: roulette a sheet, roulette the edges