gambit
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French, from Spanish gambito, from Italian gambetto, from gamba (“leg”), from Latin gamba (“calf”).
[edit] Noun
gambit (plural gambits)
- An opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- Any ploy or stratagem.
- Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
- Her clever opening gambit gave her an advantage.
[edit] Translations
Chess move
Ploy
Conversation opener
