Noun
gambit (plural gambits)
- (chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
Her clever gambit gave her an advantage.
- Any ploy or stratagem.
Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.
2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240: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.
2023 June 29, City AM, London, page 18, column 2: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.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡam.bit/
- Rhymes: -ambit
- Syllabification: gam‧bit
Noun
gambit m inan
- (chess) gambit (chess move)
- gambit (risky move)
- Synonym: ryzyko
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Further reading
- gambit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gambit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Noun
gambit n (plural gambituri)
- gambit
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Noun
gambit m inan (genitive singular gambitu, nominative plural gambity, genitive plural gambitov, declension pattern of dub)
- (chess) gambit
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Further reading
- “gambit”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024