Word of the Day December 14, 2019

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. gambit, ploy(noun)

   an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

2. ploy, gambit, stratagem(noun)

   a maneuver in a game or conversation

3. gambit(noun)

   a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. gambit(Noun)

   An opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage.

   Her clever opening gambit gave her an advantage.

2. gambit(Noun)

   Any ploy or stratagem.

   Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.

3. gambit(Noun)

   A remark intended to open a conversation.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Gambit(noun)

   a mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position

Origin: [F. gambit, cf. It. gambitto gambit, a tripping up. See Gambol, n.]

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1. Gambit

   A gambit is a chess opening in which a player, most often White, sacrifices material, usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a resulting advantageous position. Some well-known examples are the King's Gambit, Queen's Gambit, and Evans Gambit. A gambit used by Black may also be called a gambit, but is sometimes called a "countergambit". The word "gambit" was originally applied to chess openings in 1561 by Spanish priest Rúy López de Segura, from an Italian expression dare il gambetto. Lopez studied this maneuver, and so the Italian word gained the Spanish form gambito that led to French gambit, which has influenced the English spelling of the word. The broader sense of "opening move meant to gain advantage" was first recorded in English in 1855.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Gambit

   gam′bit, n. a mode of opening a game of chess by sacrificing a pawn early in the game for the purpose of making a powerful attack. [It. gambetto, a tripping up—gamba, leg.]

How to pronounce gambit?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say gambit in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gambit in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gambit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of gambit in a Sentence

1. Sinan Ulgen:

   The drawback to this gambit for Erdogan is that if the AK Party ends up losing votes, we may start to see more open dissatisfaction about his influence.

2. Adam Schiff:

   With this latest gambit, however, the Majority seeks to selectively and misleadingly characterize classified information in an effort to protect the President at any cost.

3. Sinan Ulgen:

   It will be seen as the party that has forced early elections on a recalcitrant Turkish electorate at a time when there are severe challenges, both from the security perspective and also economically, the drawback to this gambit for Erdogan is that if the AK Party ends up losing votes, we may start to see more open dissatisfaction about his influence.

Images & Illustrations of gambit

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• gambito, estratagemaSpanish
• گامبیPersian
• stratagème, gambitFrench
• gambettoItalian
• gambietDutch
• zagrywkaPolish
• gambitoPortuguese
• гамбит, уловкаRussian