Reverse Dictionary: BET

ADJECTIVES
1812 ► ON making a wager → sl.
1903 ► ON having secured a bet → Aust. sl.
1958 ► BLANKET BUSTED said of a man who has lost everything on a bet, including his bedroll → Amer. logging usage

ADVERBS
1974 ► FAST betting large amounts without fear of loss → US sl.

NOUNS
1584 ► LAY a bet, a wager, a stake → obs.
1599 ► GAIGEOUR a bet, a wager → Sc. obs.
1615 ► ABETMENT a bet, betting → obs.
1721 ► WAD a bet, a wager → Sc.
.M19 ► SLAP a bet → sl.
1861 ► CRACKER a large amount of money, esp. one won or lost on a bet → sl.
1866 ► BONE a white betting chip; used in private gambling → US sl.
1868 ► SWINDLE a betting or gambling; a game of chance on which money is staked; also, a ticket for a lottery, sweepstake, etc.
1869 ► BOTH WAYS a wager that a selected horse, dog, etc., will finish a race in the first three → UK sl.
1869 ► EACH WAY a wager that a selected horse, dog, etc., will finish a race in the first three → UK sl.
1869 ► RAKER a heavy bet, a ‘plunge’ → sporting sl.
1871 ► THE STRAIGHT TIP honest advice as to wagering → sl.
1874 ► FLUTTER a small bet; an exciting venture at betting or cards → sl.
1885 ► ACTION betting; gambling → US sl.
1889 ► ACCUMULATOR a type of bet where the amount won on one event becomes the stake for the next event; a bettor who operates in such a manner → UK sl.
1890 ► SAVER a prudent covering bet → turf sl.
..L19 ► COP a successful bet; hence, any form of ‘sure thing’ or certainty → sl.
..L19 ► RACE a bet on a horserace → sl.
..20C ► ACCA a bet of at least four selections; an ‘accumulator’ → Brit. sl.
..20C ► GRUMBLE AND MUTTER a bet → rhyming sl. for ‘flutter’
..20C ► LIVE ONE a winning bet → US sl.
..20C ► NOD BET a bet taken on credit → Aust. sl.
1900 ► LONG END in betting: the favourite → sl.
1944 ► INVESTMENT a bet, esp. on a horse race → NZ sl.
1951 ► BAY AND A GRAY a bet involving a red chip (the bay) and white chip (the gray): poker usage → US sl.
1951 ► DYNAMITE an illegal betting operation, money that one bookmaker bets with another bookmaker to cover bets that he does not want to hold → US sl.
1952 ► OFF a warning given to an illegal betting operation by corrupt police of a pending raid → US sl.
1957 ► LADY COME BACK a type of bet in an illegal numbers game lottery → US sl.
1957 ► SILVER a type of bet in an illegal numbers game lottery → US sl.
1960 ► NOSE AND CHIN a winning bet → UK sl.
1964 ► ACROSS THE BOARD a bet that a horse will win, place (finish second), or show (finish third) → sl.
1967 ► BLOOD a bet in gambling → Amer. dial.
1967 ► BOTTLE TO THE FIELD odds of 2-1 → UK racing usage
1967 ► CARPET odds of 3-1 → UK sl.
1967 ► YANKEE a multiple bet, gambling on four different horses in a specific combination of eleven bets → UK sl.
1972 ► ACTION ROOM a place where betting and gambling take place → US sl.
1974 ► APPLE (CORE)  odds of 20-1 → UK rhyming sl. for ‘score’
1975 ► JUICE the bookmaker’s commission in sports betting → US sl.
1977 ► LINE the points or odds established by a bookmaker that govern the bet; sports betting usage → US sl.
1980 ► BARBER POLE a bet comprised of various coloured chips in a casino → US sl.
1983 ► AFRICAN a black betting chip worth $100 in a casino → US sl.
1984 ► DAILY a regular (daily) bet with a bookmaker → UK sl.
1984 ► HALF A STRETCH odds of 6-1 → UK sl.
1989 ► BATTLE in a betting operation, the eternal plus-and-minus relationship between bettors and the betting operation → Aust. sl.
1989 ► GOLDEN OINTMENT a large win in betting; money → Aust. sl.
1989 ► LAFAYETTE a bet → Aust. rhyming sl.
1989 ► RIVER JOB as a result of betting, an enormous loss; so great is the loss that the bettor thinks of jumping in a river → Aust. sl.
1990 ► CHANCER a bet, a wager → sl.
1991 ► BITS odds of 11-10 → UK sl.
1991 ► BITS ON THE EAR’OLE odds of 13-8 → UK sl.
1991 ► BLACK ACTION casino betting in $100 increments → US sl.
1991 ► BOTTLE odds of 2-1 → UK
1991 ► BOTTLE AND A HALF odds of 5-2 → UK
1991 ► CARPET AND A HALF odds of 7-2 → UK bookmakers’ sl.
1991 ► CREASE a distortion created when strong fan support for one team or contestant creates an imbalance in the odds which can be exploited by a clever bettor → US sports sl.
1991 ► DOUBLE NET odds of 20-1 → UK sl.
1991 ► DOUBLE TAPS odds of 15-8 → UK sl.
1991 ► EAR’OLE odds of 6-4 → UK sl.
1991 ► FACE odds of 5-2 → UK sl.
1991 ► GOLIATH a multiple bet, gambling on eight horses, combining 247 bets in a specific pattern → UK sl.
1991 ► MACARONI odds of 25-1 → UK rhyming sl. for ‘pony’
1991 ► NAP a tipster’s best bet in horse-racing → UK sl.
1991 ► QUAT odds of 4-1 → UK sl.
1991 ► RAINBOW a bet comprised of different colour and different value betting chips in a casino → US sl.
1991 ► SAIS A CHING odds of 6-5 → UK sl.
1991 ► SCORE odds of 20-1 → UK sl.
1991 ► SCRUFFY AND DIRTY odds of 100-30 → UK rhyming sl.
1991 ► STEAM a flurry of betting on one side of a bet → US sports sl.
1991 ► TRIXIE a multiple bet, gambling on three horses in four combined bets → UK sl.
1991 ► UP THE ARM odds of 11-8 → UK sl.
1991 ► WRIST odds of 5-4 → UK sl.
1997 ► BURNT MONEY a bet in a dice game lost because of a rule violation → US sl.
2001 ► ANY-TO-COME in gambling: a type of conditional bet in which all or part of a winning is returned on another bet → UK sl.
2001 ► BACKSHOW in gambling on broadcast racing: any betting before the current show price → UK sl.
2001 ► SINGLE-STAKES-ABOUT in gambling: a type of conditional bet → UK sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1584 ► BETTOR a person who makes bets 
1660 ► WAGERER a bettor; a person who wagers or makes or lays wagers 
1819 ► BETTING MAN a person who makes bets; a professional gambler 
1819 ► RAMPER a person who claimed to have made bets to bookmakers, and hustled and surrounded them if they refused to pay 
1850 ► BACKER a person who bets on a horse or event 
1873 ► HEDGER a person who ‘hedges’ in betting  → sl.
1874 ► WADDER a man who makes bets (Bk.)
1937 ► CHALK EATER in horse racing: a bettor who bets only on favourites; → US sl.
1950 ► BIG-NOTE MAN a bookmaker or punter placing or handling large bets → Aust. sl.
1953 ► BEARD orig. in betting: a person who performs a transaction or, in later use, other action on behalf of another in order to conceal the identity of the principal → sl., orig. US
1956 ► BEARDMAN a go-between who places bets for another in order to protect his identity → US sl.
1956 ► SCALPER a person who obtains high odds as a bettor and then himself takes bets at lower odds, so that he will profit, win or lose, either as a bettor or a bookmaker → Amer. sl.
1963 ► SETTLER a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings 
1971 ► ACTUARY an oddsmaker in an illegal betting operation → US sl.
1975 ► BIRD DOG a small-time bettor who frequents the company of professional gamblers to learn which way they are betting on sporting events in order to bet the same way → Amer. gambling sl. (Bk.)
1988 ► BATTLER a small-time racecourse better; a petty punter living on winnings → US sl.
1989 ► EARLY SHOPPER in horse racing: a bettor who places a bet as soon as the betting windows open → Aust. sl.
1992 ► EAGLEBIRD the winner of any long-odds bet, such as the double zero in roulette → US sl.
1995 ► BIG SPENDER a bettor or gambler who talks a good game and exudes self-confidence but always loses bets, card games, etc.; often sarcastic → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
2001 ► FACE in racecourse gambling: a bettor who is believed to have useful information regarding the likely outcome of a race → UK bookmakers’ usage

PHRASES
.M19 ► MILLION TO A BIT OF DIRT used of a very sure bet → sl.

VERBS
1380 ► LAY to bet, to wager 
1470 ► JEOPARD to bet, to stake → obs.
1483 ► WAGE to bet, to stake, to wager; to agree to forfeit in some contingency → obs.
1599 ► GAGE to bet, to stake, to wager; to risk → obs.
1600 ► IMPONE to bet, to ‘lay’ state, to wager → obs.
1617 ► ABET to bet, to wager → obs.
1698 ► BUTTER to double or triple a bet → cant
..E18 ► SPORT to make a bet, to wager; to make a speculative investment in sport or business 
1745 ► WAD to bet, to pledge, to wager → Sc.
1789 ► LAY ONE’S LUGS to wager → Sc.
..E19 ► ACCOMMODATE to go halves on a bet → UK sporting sl.
1812 ► RAMP to force one to pay a pretended bet  → sl.
1865 ► HAVE A DASH ON to bet heavily and/or wildly → turf sl.
1888 ► JIGGER to bet → sl.
1892 ► BET ONE’S SHIRT ON → PUT ONE’S SHIRT ON to bet all one’s money on, esp. a horse in a race 
..L19 ► HAVE ONE’S SHIRT ON to bet heavily → gambling sl.
..L19 ► PLASTER to bet heavily on → sl.
..L19 ► PUT ONE’S SOCKS ON to bet heavily → gambling sl.
..20C ► CAST A NET to have a bet → Aust. rhyming sl.
1900 ► POP IT ON to make a bet → sl.
1923 ► BACK to bet, to wager → Sc.
1930 ► SCALP to take a commission on a bet → gambling sl.
1938 ► GO A BUNDLE ON to bet much money on → sl., orig. US
1940 ► TAKE A PUNT to make a bet on → sl., orig. Aust.
1947 ► COON to bet → US sl.
1965 ► BACK OFF THE COURSE to bet a large amount on something → Aust. sl.
1975 ► BACK OFF THE MAP to bet a large amount on something → Aust. sl.
1975 ► WRITE NUMBERS to take bets on illegal policy game (numbers lottery) → US sl.
1979 ► ZING IT IN to bet heavily → US sl.
1989 ► BIG-NOTE to exaggerate your status or bankroll → Aust. sl.
1989 ► COME BIG to bet more than usual on a race; said of a bettor in horse racing → Aust. sl.
1990 ► DO ONE’S ARSE to bet heavily and unsuccessfully; to lose all one’s money → Aust. sl.
1999 ► BET LIKE THE WATSONS to bet extravagantly → Aust. sl. (Bk.)