end play
nounDefinition of end play
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: slight endwise movement (as of a shaft or axle)
also
: room for such movement
2a
: 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 sense 2
c
: end game
end play
transitive verbDefinition of end play (Entry 2 of 2)
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