Definition of winning

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Winning (n.) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural..

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Winning :: Winning (a.) Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist..
Twinned :: Twinned (a.) Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4..
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled..
Capot :: Capot (n.) A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points.
Winning :: Winning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wi.
Pseudo-symmetry :: Pseudo-symmetry (n.) A kind of symmetry characteristic of certain crystals which from twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms of a system other than that to which they belong, as the apparently hexagonal prisms of aragonite..
Game :: Game (v. i.) A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc..
Parting :: Parting (n.) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam..
Winning :: Winning (n.) The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition..
Intwinement :: Intwinement (n.) The act of twinning, or the state of being intwined..
Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing..
Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners..
Insinuating :: Insinuating (a.) Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly..
Handyy-dandy :: Handyy-dandy (n.) A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit..
Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
Loo :: Loo (v. t.) To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick.
Heart-robbing :: Heart-robbing (a.) Stealing the heart or affections; winning.
Hypocrite :: Hypocrite (n.) One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety..
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