Definitions for Gambitˈgæm bɪt

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  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)


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  1. gambit(Noun)


    Her clever opening gambit gave her an advantage.

  2. gambit(Noun)

    Any ploy or stratagem.


  3. gambit(Noun)

    A remark intended to open a conversation.

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  1. Gambit(noun)


  2. 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.

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