1. To use artifice; to attempt to take a trick with a low card so as to make sure of a second with a higher.

2. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; finessing at cards.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• cinese,
• finers,
• fierse,
• feness,
• finnesse,
• finnese,
• finness,
• fintess,
• finshe,
• pinerse,
• tenesse,
• finess,
• finesh,
• ftiness,
• firness,
• ftness,
• finese,
• fimness,
• finesed,
• finesee

• Phonz,
• vinyasa,
• Vainness,
• fiancee,
• finz,
• finis,
• fenice,
• vanes,
• Fenes-tella,
• FANS2,
• fitness,
• Vennesa,
• Vaneza,
• sunday-funnies,
• FOENUS,
• venus,
• vanness,
• pro-vince,
• phenicia,
• Vanesa,
• Vennisa,
• phoenicia,
• Venise,
• FNZE,
• Vance,
• vence,
• fancier,
• Vonessa,
• venous,
• Fancie,
• FNCY,
• Fons,
• finnish,
• vannes,
• Venecia,
• fiennes,
• funassyi,
• VEINES-QOL/SYM,
• FNS,
• vanasse,
• fence-sit,
• Fannias,
• wvns-tv,
• fairness,
• Fenci-ble,
• VNCIU,
• finzi,
• vanzo,
• vignes,
• faunce,
• phineus,
• Vonesse,
• vons,
• mini-vans,
• foynes,
• Fnese,
• Vanissa,
• Vonizia,
• re-fines,
• fawns,
• Venessa,
• fence-sitter,
• Vinasse,
• Fence-month,
• vaness,
• venose,
• flight-fancy,
• vinous,
• Venizia,
• fence-sitters,
• Vinci,
• Flower-fence,
• Vaniece,
• funso,
• Vince,
• Vennice,
• vinas,
• VANOS,
• finniss,
• finest,
• head-phones,
• wvns-dt2,
• FANZ,
• venezia,
• fancy-free,
• fines,
• fancy-woman,
• de-fiance,
• funhouse,
• viennese,
• Vaunce,
• fish-fins,
• Phenice,
• Venessea,
• phonies,
• fauns,
• fence-straddled,
• finks,
• Phenose,
• snake-fence,
• phoenice,
• re-venues,
• fonzi,
• vinos,
• fones,
• VENEZ,
• fanous,
• fancy-line,
• Fonsie,
• faunus,
• Funis,
• vincy,
• FNIS,
• VNAES,
• tele-phones,
• fennesz,
• de-fines,
• fancy-stocks,
• vanessa,
• faience,
• fence-straddles,
• Vannessa,
• Fonzie,
• Venezio,
• Vennessa,
• feigns,
• Venesse,
• fancy-dress,
• fanwise,
• finci,
• Fonzo,
• fancy-ball,
• chanteloup-les-vignes,
• fans,
• feyness,
• in-fancy,
• Vanneza,
• Fineas,
• venus\'s-hair,
• fenusa,
• venezia-euganea,
• Venize,
• fence-straddle,
• fence-sits,
• Vanisa,
• Veins,
• funs,
• Viewiness,
• vanessa-mae,
• leaf-veins,
• viens,
• FIANZA,
• venues,
• VIONZ,
• PHNZ,
• fannies,
• Vinose,
• turbo-fans,
• Vanassa,
• Vannesa,
• Phauns,
• fewness,
• FONSI,
• Fayence,
• voyons,
• fennessy,
• Veinous,
• FNACE,
• Fawnus,
• fence-straddling,
• PHANZ,
• Vanecia,
• Veniece,
• phanes,
• venusia,
• Fonz,
• fiance,
• pro-fanes,
• vanous,
• genus-fenusa,
• VINS,
• Faenza,
• Venicia,
• vinicio,
• fence-sat,
• Fensi-ble,
• FANAS,
• fenzi,
• phones,
• finke,
• Vanesia,
• venza,
• fanes,
• vincze,
• fancy-woven,
• Venesa,
• venis,
• Vanesse,
• Phons,
• Veniesa,
• fancy-work,
• faunas,
• Ring-fence,
• fens,
• vines,
• party-fence,
• FENOSA,
• Vaniessa,
• Venessia,
• finnis,
• Finos,
• fancy-pants,
• fancy,
• Finns,
• fence,
• Venusa,
• fense,
• vans,
• Fancy-sick,
• Vanessia,
• vonnas,
• Fancey,
• fennessey,
• on-the-fence,
• venus\'s-girdle,
• Vinessa,
• venice,
• fainness,
• Funnies,
• venz,
• ex-fiance,
• fnsea,
• Fonso,
• saint-paul-de-vence,
• FNES,
• fingers,
• venosa,
• vannus,
• fins,
• Fancy-monger,
• fence-sitting,
• VNS,
• Vonnessa,
• ex-fiancee,
• foncia,
• Phineas.

The adverb form of the word "finesse" is "finessed".

The adjective form of the word "finesse" is "finessed".

The plural form of the word "finesse" is "finesses"

The singular form of the word "finesse" is "finesse". It does not change in its singular form.