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rou·lette
/ roōˈlet/
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n.
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a gambling game in which a ball is dropped onto a revolving wheel (roulette wheel) with numbered compartments, the players betting on the number at which the ball will come to rest.
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a tool or machine with a revolving toothed wheel, used in engraving or for making slit-shaped perforations between postage stamps.
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v. [tr.]
make slit-shaped perforations in (paper, esp. sheets of postage stamps):
the pages are rouletted next to the binding.
ORIGIN: mid 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of rouelle ‘wheel,’ from late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota ‘wheel.’
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