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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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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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