LUCKY DIP
Dictionary entry overview: What does lucky dip mean?
• LUCKY DIP (noun)
The noun LUCKY DIP has 2 senses:
1. a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random
2. a selection or decision purely at random
Familiarity information: LUCKY DIP used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LUCKY DIP (noun)
Meaning:
A game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lucky dip" is a kind of...):
drawing; lottery (players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
Meaning:
A selection or decision purely at random
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
their system of hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip
Hypernyms ("lucky dip" is a kind of...):
random sampling (the selection of a random sample; each element of the population has an equal chance of been selected)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
