parlay

1. 1.

   a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers

   Broaderbet

1. 1.

   stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager

   Synonymsdouble up

   Broaderbet on

Other forms of parlay

plural

parlays·

past tense

parlayed·

present participle

parlaying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about parlay

What does parlay mean?

parlay means "a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parlay?

parlay has 2 syllables: par-lay. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɑɹleɪ/.

What is another word for parlay?

Close synonyms include double up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parlay a common word?

parlay is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.