endplay noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A tactical play in which a defender is put on lead at a strategic moment, and then has to make a play that loses one or more tricksAt this point, South should have played a spade to dummy's ace, ruffed a spade and led her club king to catch West in a trump endplay, but she became flustered and lost two more tricks to go down one. — 2009 verb1 •To make an endplay.Then a diamond lead endplayed West. — 2009 formsendplayed · endplaying · endplays