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

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