'Gambit' definitions:
Definition of 'gambit'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Gambit'
From: GCIDE
- Gambit \Gam"bit\, n. [F. gambit, cf. It. gambitto gambit, a tripping up. See Gambol, n.] (Chess Playing) A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gambit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alpha,
- approach,
- art,
- artful dodge,
- artifice,
- assay,
- attempt,
- bag of tricks,
- bid,
- blind,
- bluff,
- bosey,
- breaking-in,
- catch,
- chicanery,
- chouse,
- conspiracy,
- contrivance,
- coup,
- crack,
- craft,
- curve,
- curve-ball,
- cute trick,
- deceit,
- design,
- device,
- dirty deal,
- dirty trick,
- dodge,
- effort,
- endeavor,
- essay,
- expedient,
- experiment,
- fakement,
- fast deal,
- feint,
- fetch,
- ficelle,
- first,
- first blush,
- first glance,
- first impression,
- first inning,
- first lap,
- first move,
- first round,
- first sight,
- first stage,
- first step,
- fling,
- game,
- gimmick,
- go,
- googly,
- grift,
- hocus-pocus,
- initial,
- initiative,
- intrigue,
- jig,
- joker,
- juggle,
- jugglery,
- knavery,
- le premier pas,
- lick,
- little game,
- maneuver,
- move,
- offer,
- opening move,
- pass,
- plan,
- play,
- plot,
- ploy,
- prime,
- primitiveness,
- primitivity,
- racket,
- red herring,
- ruse,
- scheme,
- scurvy trick,
- shift,
- shot,
- sleight,
- sleight of hand,
- sleight-of-hand trick,
- stab,
- step,
- stratagem,
- strategy,
- stroke,
- strong bid,
- subterfuge,
- tactic,
- tentative,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trick,
- trickery,
- try,
- undertaking,
- warming-up,
- whack,
- whizzer,
- wile,
- wily device