tenuki
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 手抜き (tenuki).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tenuki (plural tenuki)
See also edit
Verb edit
tenuki (third-person singular simple present tenukis, present participle tenukiing, simple past and past participle tenukied)
- (intransitive) To play elsewhere; to ignore the opponent's last move.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To shift one's attention away from an ongoing task; to change gears.