gambit

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
gambit

Plural
gambits

gambit (plural gambits)

  1. An opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
  2. Any ploy or stratagem.
    Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.
  3. A remark intended to open a conversation.
    Her clever opening gambit gave her an advantage.