Found 2 items, similar to Finessing.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: finesse
finesse
n : subtly skillful handling of a situation [syn:
delicacy,
diplomacy,
discreetness]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Finessing
Finesse
\Fi*nesse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Finessed; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Finessing.]
1. To use artifice or stratagem. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Whist Playing) To attempt, when second or third player,
to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when
an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its
being held by the opponent yet to play.
[1913 Webster]