TACTICAL MANEUVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tactical maneuver mean? 

• TACTICAL MANEUVER (noun)
  The noun TACTICAL MANEUVER has 1 sense:

1. a move made to gain a tactical end

  Familiarity information: TACTICAL MANEUVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TACTICAL MANEUVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A move made to gain a tactical end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

maneuver; manoeuvre; tactical maneuver; tactical manoeuvre

Hypernyms ("tactical maneuver" is a kind of...):

move (the act of deciding to do something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tactical maneuver"):

parking (the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily)

device; gimmick; twist (any clever maneuver)

feint (any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack))

footwork (skillful maneuvering or dealing)

gambit; ploy; stratagem (a maneuver in a game or conversation)

artifice; ruse (a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture))

measure; step (any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal)