About The Word Ploy

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Ploy

Ploy Meaning & Definition
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.

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