endplay

plural endplays

1. countablebridgeA tactical play in which a defender is put on lead at a strategic moment, and then has to make a play that loses one or more tricks

   At this point, South should have played a spade to dummy's ace, ruffed a spade and led her club king to catch West in a trump endplay, but she became flustered and lost two more tricks to go down one.

   2009 January 3, Phillip Alder, “What to Bid Next? That Depends on the Game You're Playing”, Bridge, in New York Times

2. alternativeuncountableengineeringAlternative form of end play.

present singular third person endplays · participle present endplaying · participle past endplayed · past endplayed

1. bridgeTo make an endplay.

   Then a diamond lead endplayed West.

   2009 January 5, Phillip Alder, “From a Holiday Tournament, Two Points for the Price of One”, Bridge, in New York Times