Noun: roulette roo'let
- A gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in
"She placed her chips on red at the roulette table"
- A curve generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure
"The mathematician drew a line roulette by rolling a circle along a straight line";
- line roulette
- A wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations
"She used a roulette to create decorative edges on the paper";
- toothed wheel
Derived forms: roulettes
Type of: curve, curved shape, gambling game, game of chance, wheel
Encyclopedia: Roulette, Pennsylvania