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Gambit   /gˈæmbɪt/   Listen
Gambit

noun
1.
An opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker.  Synonym: ploy.
2.
A maneuver in a game or conversation.  Synonyms: ploy, stratagem.
3.
A chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position.





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"Gambit" Quotes from Famous Books



... was all of a shiver forward, the spoondrift thick on her flanks, But I'd brought her an easy gambit, and nursed her over the banks; She answered her helm—the darling! and woke up now with a rush, While the Meteor's jock, he sat like a rock—he knew we ...
— A Nonsense Anthology • Collected by Carolyn Wells


Words linked to "Gambit" :   maneuver, manoeuvre, chess move, stratagem, remark, input, ploy, comment, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre


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