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1. (n.) ploy
a maneuver or stratagem to gain the advantage; ruse; subterfuge; gambit.
Etymology: (1475–85; earlier ploye to bend < MF ployer (F plier) < L plicāre to fold)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) gambit, ploy
an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
2. (noun) ploy, gambit, stratagem
a maneuver in a game or conversation
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1. (noun) ploy
a slightly dishonest way of achieving sth
Is this another ploy to get me to take you out?
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1. (noun) ploy
sport; frolic
2. (verb) ploy
to form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy
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Sense: a plan; a manoeuvre
She uses various ploys for getting her own way.
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Afrikaans: plan |
Arabic: حيلَه او مُناوَرَة في الح |
Bulgarian: маневра |
Brazilian: estratagema |
Czech: manévr |
German: die List |
Danish: kneb |
Greek: τέχνασμα |
Spanish: truco, estratagema |
Estonian: nüke |
Farsi: ترفند |
Finnish: juoni |
French: stratagème |
Hebrew: תַּכסִיס |
Hindi: व्यूह, व्यवहार का तरीका |
Croatian: manevar, potez |
Hungarian: csíny, trükk |
Indonesian: rencana |
Icelandic: klækur, kænskubragð |
Italian: stratagemma |
Japanese: 策 |
Korean: 책략 |
Lithuanian: gudrybė |
Latvian: viltība; gājiens |
Malay: helah |
Dutch: truc |
Norwegian: strategi, knep |
Polish: sztuczka |
Persian: مانور |
Pashto: مانور |
Portuguese: estratagema |
Romanian: stratagemă |
Russian: уловка |
Slovak: manéver |
Slovenian: prijem, zvijača |
Serbian: smicalica |
Swedish: trick, knep |
Thai: กลวิธี |
Turkish: hile, numara |
Taiwanese: 手法,策略 |
Ukrainian: трюк |
Urdu: سازش، چال |
Vietnamese: kế hoạch |
Chinese: 手法,策略 |
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