endplay means A 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. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
Etymology
From end + play.
noun
- A 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.”
verb
- To make an endplay.“Then a diamond lead endplayed West.”