About The Word Gambit
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Gambit
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What's The Definition Of Gambit?
[n] a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
[n] a maneuver in a game or conversation [n] an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker Synonyms | Synonyms for Gambit: ploy | ploy | stratagem Related Terms | Find terms related to Gambit: alpha | approach | art | artful dodge | artifice | assay | attempt | bag of tricks | bid | blind | bluff | bosey | breaking-in | catch | chicanery | chouse | conspiracy | contrivance | coup | crack | craft | curve | curve-ball | cute trick | deceit | design | device | dirty deal | dirty trick | dodge | effort | endeavor | essay | expedient | experiment | fakement | fast deal | feint | fetch | ficelle | first | first blush | first glance | first impression | first inning | first lap | first move | first round | first sight | first stage | first step | fling | game | gimmick | go | googly | grift | hocus-pocus | initial | initiative | intrigue | jig | joker | juggle | jugglery | knavery | le premier pas | lick | little game | maneuver | move | offer | opening move | pass | plan | play | plot | ploy | prime | primitiveness | primitivity | racket | red herring | ruse | scheme | scurvy trick | shift | shot | sleight | sleight of hand | sleight-of-hand trick | stab | step | stratagem | strategy | stroke | strong bid | subterfuge | tactic | tentative | trial | trial and error | trick | trickery | try | undertaking | warming-up | whack | whizzer | wile | wily device See Also | chess move | comment | maneuver | manoeuvre | remark | tactical maneuver | tactical manoeuvre Gambit In Webster's Dictionary \Gam"bit\, n. [F. gambit, cf. It. gambitto gambit, a
tripping up. See {Gambol}, n.] (Chess Playing)
A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to
gain an attacking position.
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