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tenuki

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 手抜き (tenuki).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tenuki (plural tenuki)

  1. (go, shogi) playing elsewhere; ignoring the opponent's last move.

See also

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Verb

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tenuki (third-person singular simple present tenukis, present participle tenukiing, simple past and past participle tenukied)

  1. (intransitive) To play elsewhere; to ignore the opponent's last move.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To shift one's attention away from an ongoing task; to change gears.