raffle
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raffle¹
- /ˈɹæfl̩/
Rhymes with -æfəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English rafle, from Old French rafle, raffle (“dice game", also "plundering”), from rafler (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), from Frankish *raffolōn, from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrēpōną (“to scratch, touch, pluck out, snatch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb(h)-, *(s)kerb(h)- (“to turn, bend, shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Middle Dutch raffel (“dice game”), German raffen (“to snatch away, sweep off”), Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat, attack”).
noun raffles
- 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.
- A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.
- The system by which cases are assigned to judges in multi-sala courts.
verb raffles · raffling · raffled
- To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing. They raffled off four gift baskets.
- To participate in a raffle. to raffle for a watch
raffle²
- /ˈɹæfl̩/
Rhymes with -æfəl
Where it comes from
See raff.
noun
- Refuse; rubbish. the oversurviving raffle of half-green things which the gentle winter has suffered to live
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: raffle off, sweepstakes, lottery, jackpot, bazaar, reissue, circulation, draw, lot, drawing, junk, mess, tickets, raffler, art union, prizedraw
Translations
Talk about this word "raffle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/raffle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. raffle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/raffle "raffle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/raffle.Cite this
@misc{raffle_2026,
title = {raffle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/raffle},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
