Definitions for ployplɔɪ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ployplɔɪ(n.)

  1. a maneuver or stratagem to gain the advantage; ruse; subterfuge; gambit.

Origin of ploy:

1475–85; earlier ploye to bend < MF ployer (F plier) < L plicāre to fold

Princeton's WordNet

  1. gambit, ploy(noun)

    an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

  2. ploy, gambit, stratagem(noun)

    a maneuver in a game or conversation

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. ploy(noun)ɔɪ

    a slightly dishonest way of achieving sth

    Is this another ploy to get me to take you out?

Wiktionary

  1. ploy(Noun)

    A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.

    The free t-shirt is really a ploy to get you in the door to see their sales pitch.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ploy(noun)

    sport; frolic

  2. Ploy(verb)

    to form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy


Translations for ploy

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

ploy(noun)

a plan; a manoeuvre

She uses various ploys for getting her own way.

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