Usually means: Compelled to move, worsening position.
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  1. zugzwang: Merriam-Webster
  2. zugzwang: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. zugzwang: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. zugzwang: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Zugzwang: Wordnik
  6. zugzwang: Wiktionary
  7. zugzwang: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. zugzwang: Dictionary.com
  9. Zugzwang: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. zugzwang: Robb: German English
  11. zugzwang: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. zugzwang: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. zugzwang, zugzwang: A Word A Day
  2. zugzwang: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. zugzwang: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (zugzwang)

noun:  (chess) A situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move.
noun:  (figurative) A situation in which someone is forced to make a disadvantageous move.

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