"gambit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡæmbɪt/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-gambit.ogg Forms: gambits [plural]
Rhymes: -æmbɪt Etymology: From Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from Italian gamba (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|gambetto|t=act of tripping; gambit}} Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), {{der|en|it|gamba|t=leg}} Italian gamba (“leg”), {{der|en|LL.|gamba}} Late Latin gamba Head templates: {{en-noun}} gambit (plural gambits)
  1. (chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage. Categories (topical): Chess Translations (chess move): gambit [masculine] (Catalan), 棄兵開局 (Chinese Mandarin), 弃兵开局 (qìbīng kāijú) (Chinese Mandarin), gambit [masculine] (Czech), gambit [common-gender] (Danish), gambiet [neuter] (Dutch), gambito (Esperanto), gambiit (Estonian), gambiitti (Finnish), gambit [masculine] (French), გამბიტი (gambiṭi) (Georgian), Gambit [neuter] (German), gamabita (Hawaiian), vezércsel (Hungarian), gambetto [masculine] (Italian), ギャンビット (gyanbitto) (Japanese), гамбит (gambit) (Kazakh), гамбит (gambit) (Kyrgyz), gambit [neuter] (Luxembourgish), гамбит (gambit) [masculine] (Macedonian), gambit [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), گامبی (gâmbi) (Persian), gambit [masculine] (Polish), gambito [masculine] (Portuguese), гамби́т (gambít) [masculine] (Russian), gambit [masculine] (Slovak), gambito [masculine] (Spanish), பலியாட்டம் (paliyāṭṭam) (Tamil)
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  2. Any ploy or stratagem. Translations (ploy): taktiikka (Finnish), juoni (Finnish), stratagème [masculine] (French), gambit [masculine] (Polish), jogada [feminine] (Portuguese), estratagema [masculine] (Portuguese), гамби́т (gambít) [masculine] (Russian), уло́вка (ulóvka) [feminine] (Russian), estratagema [feminine] (Spanish)
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  3. A remark intended to open a conversation. Translations (conversation opener): keskustelunavaus (Finnish), avaus (Finnish), tema [masculine] (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gambett [obsolete] Derived forms: countergambit, Evans Gambit, Kings's Gambit, Queen's Gambit, Queen's Gambit Declined, Stafford Gambit, Stafford gambit, Tennison Gambit, Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡæmbɪt/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-gambit.ogg Forms: gambits [present, singular, third-person], gambiting [participle, present], gambited [participle, past], gambited [past]
Rhymes: -æmbɪt Etymology: From Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from Italian gamba (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|gambetto|t=act of tripping; gambit}} Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), {{der|en|it|gamba|t=leg}} Italian gamba (“leg”), {{der|en|LL.|gamba}} Late Latin gamba Head templates: {{en-verb}} gambit (third-person singular simple present gambits, present participle gambiting, simple past and past participle gambited)
  1. (chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Chess
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Synonyms: gambett [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240:",
          "text": "The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an^([sic]) utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.",
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          "ref": "2023 June 29, City AM, London, page 18, column 2:",
          "text": "An opening sequence, featuring a de-aged Ford playing a younger Indy, is a bold and nostalgic gambit, offering a glimpse of what you've missed.",
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      "sense": "chess move",
      "word": "棄兵開局"
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      "roman": "qìbīng kāijú",
      "sense": "chess move",
      "word": "弃兵开局"
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      "sense": "chess move",
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      "word": "gambiet"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "chess move",
      "word": "gambito"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "chess move",
      "word": "gambiit"
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      "sense": "chess move",
      "word": "gambiitti"
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      "sense": "chess move",
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gambiṭi",
      "sense": "chess move",
      "word": "გამბიტი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chess move",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Gambit"
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      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "chess move",
      "word": "gamabita"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chess move",
      "word": "vezércsel"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "chess move",
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      "word": "gambetto"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gyanbitto",
      "sense": "chess move",
      "word": "ギャンビット"
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      "roman": "gambit",
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      "word": "гамбит"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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      "word": "gambit"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "گامبی"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "chess move",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gambit"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "chess move",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gambito"
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      "sense": "chess move",
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      "word": "gambit"
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
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      "word": "பலியாட்டம்"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "conversation opener",
      "word": "keskustelunavaus"
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      "code": "fi",
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