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Ploy

Ploy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ploy? [n] a maneuver in a game or conversation [n] an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ploy: gambit \| gambit \| stratagem Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ploy: art \| artful dodge \| artifice \| backstairs influence \| bag of tricks \| bat \| bender \| binge \| blind \| bluff \| bosey \| bout \| bust \| Byzantine intrigues \| carousal \| carouse \| catch \| celebration \| chicanery \| chouse \| connections \| conspiracy \| contrivance \| coup \| craft \| curve \| curve-ball \| cute trick \| deals \| debauch \| deceit \| design \| device \| dirty deal \| dirty trick \| dodge \| drinking bout \| escapade \| expedient \| fakement \| fast deal \| feint \| fetch \| ficelle \| fling \| gambit \| game \| games \| gimmick \| googly \| grift \| hocus-pocus \| influence peddling \| intrigue \| intrigues \| joker \| juggle \| jugglery \| knavery \| lark \| little game \| lobbying \| lobbyism \| maneuver \| move \| orgy \| pass \| play \| plot \| ploys \| racket \| randan \| randy \| red herring \| revel \| ropes \| ruse \| scheme \| schemes \| scurvy trick \| shift \| sleight \| sleight of hand \| sleight-of-hand trick \| spree \| stratagem \| strategy \| strings \| subterfuge \| tactic \| tear \| toot \| trick \| trickery \| wile \| wily device \| wingding \| wire-pulling \| wires See Also \| comment \| maneuver \| manoeuvre \| remark \| tactical maneuver \| tactical manoeuvre Ploy In Webster's Dictionary \Ploy\, n. Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] \Ploy\, v. i. [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. --Wilhelm.

Ploy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ploy?

[n] a maneuver in a game or conversation
[n] an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ploy: gambit | gambit | stratagem

Ploy In Webster's Dictionary

\Ploy\, n.
Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


\Ploy\, v. i. [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.)
To form a column from a line of troops on some designated
subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. --Wilhelm.

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