gambit
IPA: gˈæmbɪt
noun
- (chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- Any ploy or stratagem.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
verb
- (chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.
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Examples of "gambit" in Sentences
- In the event, the gambit worked.
- I think his gambit was so amazing.
- It covers the gambit of everything.
- Gambit has the power of suggestion.
- Police responded to Queen's gambit.
- That is the whole point of the gambit.
- As an opening gambit, it's a pretty interesting one.
- I fixed the typo in the diagram for the Wing Gambit.
- Or, there is the lengthy explaination of the gambit system.
- An apocryphal tale is told of the anonymous inventor of the gambit.