Definitions of gambit [ˈgæm bɪt]

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Definition of 'gambit'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) gambit
an opening in chess in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece.

2. gambit
any maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage; ploy.

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

Etymology: (1650–60; < F < Sp gambito or It gambetto (akin to OF gambet, jambet) <gamb(a) leg)

Definition of 'gambit'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) gambit, ploy
an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

2. (noun) ploy, gambit, stratagem
a maneuver in a game or conversation

3. (noun) gambit
a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position

Definition of 'gambit'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) gambit
a mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position

Translation of 'gambit'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a first move in a game, especially chess.
Afrikaans: gambiet	Arabic: حَرَكَه إفتتاحِيَّه في ال	Bulgarian: маневра
Brazilian: abertura	Czech: gambit	German: das Gambit
Danish: udspil	Greek: η πρώτη κίνηση σε παιχνίδ	Spanish: gambito
Estonian: (kahi)avang	Farsi: حرکت اول در شطرنج؛ گامبی	Finnish: pelinavaus
French: gambit	Hebrew: מַהֲלַך פְּתִיחָה	Hindi: शतरंज की चाल
Croatian: prvi potez u igri (šah)	Hungarian: nyitás (sakkban)	Indonesian: gambit, cara/langkah pemb
Icelandic: gambítur, upphafsleikur	Italian: gambetto	Japanese: 先手
Korean: 우세를 확보하려는 수, 선수	Lithuanian: gambitas	Latvian: gambīts (šahā)
Malay: langkah umpan	Dutch: gambiet	Norwegian: utspill, gambit
Polish: otwarcie	Persian: حرکت اول در شطرنج؛ گامبی	Pashto: د شطرنج لوبی اوله حرکت
Portuguese: gambito	Romanian: gambit	Russian: гамбит
Slovak: gambit, prvý ťah	Slovenian: začetna poteza	Serbian: gambit
Swedish: spelöppning, gambit	Thai: การเดินหมากรุกครั้งแรก	Turkish: ilk hamle, gambit
Taiwanese: (國際象棋)開局	Ukrainian: гамбіт	Urdu: پہلی چال
Vietnamese: sự thí quân để mở đường c	Chinese: （下棋开局时）弃子，开局让棋法
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