gambit
Valid in Scrabble
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- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
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- 6
Definition of gambit
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
“Her clever gambit gave her an advantage.”
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noun
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An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
“Her clever gambit gave her an advantage.”
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Any ploy or stratagem.
“Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.”
“The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an^([sic]) utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.”
“An opening sequence, featuring a de-aged Ford playing a younger Indy, is a bold and nostalgic gambit, offering a glimpse of what you've missed.”
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
verb
- (transitive)To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *kh₂empeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kampā́ Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ)bor. Late Latin gamba Italian gamba Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Italian -etto Italian gambettobor. English gambit Borrowed from Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from gamba (“leg”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). First attested in 1656.
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