Definitions
1.nounSkill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
2.nounThe property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill.
3.nounAn adroit manoeuvre.
4.nounIn bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over.
5.verbTo evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or strategem.
6.verbTo play (a card) as a finesse.
7.verbTo handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way.
8.verbTo attempt to win a trick by finessing.
9.verbTo play a ball out of the way of an opponent.