- high roller
- noun Date: 1881 1. a person who spends freely in luxurious living 2. a person who gambles recklessly or for high stakes • high-rolling adjective
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High Roller — ist die Bezeichnung für folgende Achterbahnen: High Roller (ehemalige Achterbahn) im Recreation Park High Roller (Stratosphere Tower) (ehemalige Achterbahn) auf dem Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas High Roller (Valleyfair!) in Valleyfair!,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
high roller — ˌhigh ˈroller noun [countable] informal someone who spends a lot of money or who risks a lot of money, especially in gambling (= risking money on the results of card games, races etc): • For really high rollers there is Marquis Louis Roederer… … Financial and business terms
high-roller — high rollers also high roller N COUNT High rollers are people who are very rich and who spend money in an extravagant or risky way, especially by gambling. [JOURNALISM] … English dictionary
high roller — ☆ high roller n. [from rolling the dice in gambling] Slang 1. a person who gambles for very high stakes 2. a person who spends or invests money freely or recklessly high rolling adj … English World dictionary
high roller — n AmE informal someone who spends a lot of money carelessly or risks a lot of money on games, races etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
high roller — noun count INFORMAL someone who spends or GAMBLES a lot of money … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
high-roller — extravagant spender, by 1873, Amer.Eng., probably originally a reference to a gambler throwing dice … Etymology dictionary
high roller — ► NOUN informal, chiefly N. Amer. ▪ a person who gambles or spends large sums of money … English terms dictionary
High roller — A high roller, also referred to as a whale in the casino industry, is a gambler that wagers large amounts of money. Because of potential windfall these high sums can bring to the casinos, high rollers often receive increasingly lavish perks from… … Wikipedia
high roller — noun 1. one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment the last of the big spenders • Syn: ↑big spender • Hypernyms: ↑spendthrift, ↑spend all, ↑spender, ↑scattergood 2. a gambler … Useful english dictionary
high roller — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms high roller : singular high roller plural high rollers informal someone who spends or gambles a lot of money … English dictionary
