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   gam·bit

   /ˈɡambət/

   noun

   • 1. a device, action, or opening remark, typically one entailing a degree of risk, that is calculated to gain an advantage: "his resignation was a tactical gambit"
   • ▪ (in chess) an opening in which a player makes a sacrifice, typically of a pawn, for the sake of some compensating advantage.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: originally gambett, from Italian gambetto, literally ‘tripping up’, from gamba ‘leg’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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