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gambit /ˈɡambɪt /noun1An act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage, especially at the outset of a situation: his resignation was a tactical gambit...- The Australians believe it is a psychological gambit to use and gain advantage over the opposition.
- The loser of this copycat election will lament all the strategic gambits that fell short in the end.
- Assign your staff to build the sort of book on Russert's techniques, rhetorical gambits, and political obsessions that you'd want going into a debate with an opposing candidate.
Synonyms stratagem, machination, scheme, plan, tactic, manoeuvre, move, course of action, line of action, device, operation; ruse, trick, ploy, artifice British informal wheeze, wangle 2(In chess) an opening move in which a player makes a sacrifice, typically of a pawn, for the sake of a compensating advantage: he tried the dubious Budapest gambit...- By the time I was an ‘A’ player, gambits including the Smith-Morra were fully appreciated.
- True fans of the gambit should consider this a challenge.
- This book is geared toward the average player, but there is no discussion of gambit tries by white.
Origin Mid 17th century: originally gambett, from Italian gambetto, literally 'tripping up', from gamba 'leg'. Rhymes ambit |