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gambit

[ gam-bit ]

noun

  1. Chess. an opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece.
  2. any maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage.

    Synonyms: ruse, scheme, stratagem, ploy

  3. a remark made to open or redirect a conversation.


gambit

/ ˈɡæmbɪt /

noun

  1. chess an opening move in which a chessman, usually a pawn, is sacrificed to secure an advantageous position
  2. an opening comment, manoeuvre, etc, intended to secure an advantage or promote a point of view


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gambit1

1650–60; < French < Spanish gambito or Italian gambetto (akin to Old French gambet, jambet ), equivalent to gamb ( a ) leg + -etta -et

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gambit1

C17: from French, from Italian gambetto a tripping up, from gamba leg

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Example Sentences

This gambit means Aereo is avoiding paying anything to broadcasters or the middlemen it is replacing.

For these other news organizations, their hunt for the ex-prisoners was a multi-thousand dollar high-risk gambit.

How did you arrive at him as your Gambit, and why did you decide to move away from Taylor Kitsch?

Jensen is in a different political place than Grimes, and her more aggressive stance may indeed be a savvy strategic gambit.

One gambit is to require photo identification, a reasonable-sounding provision that 34 states have now adopted.

Whatever kind of gambit is being played here, it is bigger than any of its parts or pieces.

When the rolling was very bad, Mrs. Gambit clutched me with one hand and her right hand neighbour with the other.

Nor could I understand why Mrs. Gambit spoke scornfully of this act of kindness, which was entirely unexpected by me.

Supper ended, Mr. Gambit lit a pipe of tobacco and began to smoke, begging me not to mind him.

When he had finished, Mrs. Gambit dropped her chin and returned to practical business.

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