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Webster 1913 Edition

Gambit

Gam′bit

,
Noun.
[F.
gambit
, cf. It.
gambitto
gambit, a tripping up. See
Gambol
,
Noun.
]
(Chess Playing)
A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position.

Definition 2025

Gambit

Gambit

See also: gambit

German

Noun

Gambit n

  1. (chess) gambit, a form of opening a chess game

gambit

gambit

See also: Gambit

English

Noun

gambit ‎(plural gambits)

  1. An opening in chess, in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
    Her clever opening gambit gave her an advantage.
  2. Any ploy or stratagem.
    Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.
  3. A remark intended to open a conversation.

Translations

Etymology

From French, from Spanish gambito, from Italian gambetto ‎(“gambit, trip”), from gamba ‎(“leg”), from Latin gamba ‎(“calf”).

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