SkyfireDict

gambit   (TTS Sound)

The noun gambit has 3 senses

• gambit, ploy -- (an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker)


• ploy, gambit, stratagem -- (a maneuver in a game or conversation)


• gambit -- (a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position)