end play

end play: I. noun
1. : slight endwise movement (as of a shaft or axle); also : room for such movement

2.

a. : any of various plays in bridge usually made on the eleventh trick and occurring when a declarer forces an opponent to make a lead favorable to the declarer and after the declarer has first eliminated all cards not essential to the play — compare coup, elimination, squeeze, throw-in

b. : throw-in 2

c. : end game
II. transitive verb
1. : to execute a throw-in when playing (a bridge hand)

2. : to force (a bridge opponent) to win a trick and make a subsequent lead unfavorable to him

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end|play «EHND _PLAY», noun, verb. Contract Bridge.

–n.

a play in which an opponent is forced into the lead so that he loses a trick. It usually occurs near the end of a contract.

–v.t.

to force into the lead in an endplay: »South…could see that he would be endplayed if he retained that card (Alan Truscott).

end play,

the longitudinal back-and-forth play of an axle, shaft, or the like: »Excessive end play in the crankshaft will produce an intermittent rap (Toboldt and Purvis).

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End play — End End ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. [ a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf. {Ante }, {Anti }, {Answer}.] 1. The extreme or last point or part of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
end|play — «EHND PLAY», noun, verb. Contract Bridge. –n. a play in which an opponent is forced into the lead so that he loses a trick. It usually occurs near the end of a contract. –v.t. to force into the lead in an endplay: »South…could see that he would… … Useful english dictionary
end play — [1] The looseness in bearing clearance in an axial direction. [2] Slight movement of shaft along its center line. Also see camshaft end play … Dictionary of automotive terms
end play — (Machinery) end to end movement endwise, movement along the length; light movement of shaft in the direction of its center line … English contemporary dictionary
end play — The undesirable and unwanted play along the axis of a shaft … Aviation dictionary
End Play — Any of several stratagems (especially a throw in) that can usually be executed only in the last few tricks of the play (See also Throw In) … The official rules of card games glossary
end float — End play … Dictionary of automotive terms
End — ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. [ a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf. {Ante }, {Anti }, {Answer}.] 1. The extreme or last point or part of any… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
End bulb — End End ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. [ a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf. {Ante }, {Anti }, {Answer}.] 1. The extreme or last point or part of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
end corpuscles — End End ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. [ a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf. {Ante }, {Anti }, {Answer}.] 1. The extreme or last point or part of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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