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Synonyms for gambit

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gam-bit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæm bɪt

Définition of gambit

Origin :
  • "chess opening in which a pawn is risked for advantage later," 1650s, gambett, from Italian gambetto, literally "a tripping up" (as a trick in wrestling), from gamba "leg," from Late Latin gamba (see gambol). Applied to chess openings in Spanish in 1561 by Ruy Lopez, who traced it to the Italian word, but the form in Spanish generally was gambito, which led to French gambit, which has influenced the English spelling of the word. Broader sense of "opening move meant to gain advantage" in English is recorded from 1855.
  • noun plan, plot
Example sentences :
  • The Widow's gambit was played, and she had not won the game.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • White opens with Queen's pawn to Qu 3, and Black recognizes the gambit.
  • Extract from : « Proclaim Liberty! » by Gilbert Seldes
  • This is one of the oldest systems of defence against the Queen's Gambit.
  • Extract from : « Chess Fundamentals » by Jos Ral Capablanca
  • The idea was more than just a gambit to attract Ashe's attention, it was true!
  • Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton
  • It was a little conversational flourish, a gambit in the polite game.
  • Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley
  • It was the first gambit in a conversation that was to lead up to Jenny's caricatures.
  • Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley
  • The class laughed, but Winsor was not one to refuse the gambit.
  • Extract from : « The Plastic Age » by Percy Marks
  • Is the Knight's gambit recognized now as a permissible opening in chess?
  • Extract from : « Frenzied Fiction » by Stephen Leacock
  • You begin to see now to what end the array is made, and understand why one Gambit differeth from another in glory and virtue.
  • Extract from : « Certain Personal Matters » by H. G. Wells
  • His eyebrows went up, but he remained silent, waiting for her gambit.
  • Extract from : « Border, Breed Nor Birth » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

Antonyms for gambit

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