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| finesse | |
| 1. n. Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation. |  |
| Synonyms: finessing | |
| 2. n. The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill. | |
| 3. n. An adroit manoeuvre. | |
| 4. n. (card games) In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over | |
| 5. v. (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, politics) To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or strategem. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse. | |
| 7. v. To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. | |
| Synonyms: zhoosh, q1=slang | |
| 8. v. (intransitive, card games) To attempt to win a trick by finessing. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive, croquet, obsolete) To play a ball out of the way of an opponent. | |
