gambit
UK /ˈɡæmbɪt/ US /ˈɡæmbɪt/
noun 3verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
Her clever gambit gave her an advantage.
2
Any ploy or stratagem.
Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.
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.
3
A remark intended to open a conversation.
verb
1
To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.
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