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gambit Definition

gam·bit (gambit)

noun

  1. Chess an opening in which a pawn or other piece is sacrificed to get an advantage in position
  2. an opening maneuver, action, or remark intended to gain an advantage or to offer an opinion

Etymology: Fr < OFr gambet < Sp gambito, a tripping < It gamba, a leg < ML gamba: see gamb

gambit Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • open: Have a look at these opening gambits for a taster of the wondrous site that is the World RPS.
  • use: Many's the time I've used the opening gambit ' You going to the match?
  • try: Week Beginning: Sunday 18th February, 2001 Sunday 18th February Jennifer tries a new gambit.
  • run: Having run the gambit of Psychedelia to Punk, Track did the decent thing and self destructed in 1978.
  • make: Try to stay in character here - football, Duke Nukem or heavy ordnance make poor conversational gambits.
  • employ: Mulberry Harbors One of Normandy's more unusual dives, these prefabricated artificial harbors were among the most daring gambits employed by the Allies.

Adjective modifier

  • conversational: You can't use the same conversational gambits, somehow.
  • nuclear: June 19th - - Straits Times - Kim's nuclear gambit a missile too far?
  • whole: Documents covering the whole gambit of Cornish and general Maritime History.
  • full: He felt that the delegation should represent the full gambit of the political spread within the Chamber.
  • political: Part of the need for.eu has been a political gambit to boost Europe's position in relation to the US.
  • second: Lines 12-16 together with line 19 in the left branch constitute our second gambit.

Modifies a noun

  • command: Top Examples of Use Gambit is called with the gambit command.

Noun used with modifier

  • opening: In Hannah's circle, the opening gambit is no longer " Hello, how are you?
gambit Quotes

Each of us can, by ployorgambit, most naturally gain the advantage.

—Potter, Stephen

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