Associations to the word «Raffling»

Wiktionary

RAFFLE, noun. A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
RAFFLE, noun. (obsolete) A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.
RAFFLE, verb. (transitive) To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.
RAFFLE, verb. (intransitive) To participate in a raffle.
RAFFLE, noun. Refuse; rubbish

Dictionary definition

RAFFLE, noun. A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money.
RAFFLE, verb. Dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats