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[ ploi ] / plɔɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ploy ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage. verb (used with object)Military Archaic. to move (troops) from a line into a column.Compare deploy. verb (used without object)Military Archaic. to move from a line into a column. Origin of ploy1475–85; earlier ploye to bend <Middle French ployer (French plier) <Latin plicāre to fold, ply2; see deploy SYNONYMS FOR ploy1 tactic, ruse, subterfuge, wile, gambit. SEE SYNONYMS FOR ploy ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM ploycoun·ter·ploy, nounWords nearby ployplowshare, plow steel, plowter, plow under, plow wind, ploy, PLP, PLR, PLSS, plu., pluck Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ployIs this just a ploy by the Islamic State—or the beginning of the road to retaking Mosul? Iraqi Kurds Get Their Groove Back, End Siege of Mount Sinjar|Jamie Dettmer|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The head of the prison says Figueroa fabricated the story as a ploy to get the Dutchman transferred. Did Joran Van Der Sloot Fake His Prison Shanking?|Andrea Zarate, Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Do they really not look around them when they hit the shutter, or is it all part of a ploy to attract more attention? Selfie Hall of Shame: Is Anywhere Safe From Sick Snaps?|Charlotte Lytton|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Some of the length and intensity of the services was a ploy to keep out the religious tourists. A Jewish Ex-Con Recalls Keeping Kosher with the Faithful in Prison|Daniel Genis|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Salah claimed the central security force was behind the attack as a ploy to discredit the student protests. Iraq’s Biggest Killer Hits Cairo|Jesse Rosenfeld|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Na, na—his Excellency ken'd nought o' that ploy—it was a' managed atween Rashleigh and mysell. Rob Roy, Complete, Illustrated|Sir Walter Scott I give you the old word, Elrigmore: 'Claymore and the Gael '; for the rest—pardon me—you gentlemen are out of the ploy. One house-match is just like another, and their "ploy" of that week happened to be rabbit-shooting with saloon-pistols. Stalky & Co.|Rudyard Kipling I don't think he went on to describe any—it was mostly a ploy on my part to curry him or make him feel more at ease. Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy But the evening's 'ploy' disturbed them both all night, though in a different way. The Guinea Stamp|Annie S. Swan
British Dictionary definitions for ploy
nouna manoeuvre or tactic in a game, conversation, etc; stratagem; gambit any business, job, hobby, etc, with which one is occupiedangling is his latest ploy mainly British a frolic, escapade, or practical joke Word Origin for ployC18: originally Scot and northern English, perhaps from obsolete n sense of employ meaning an occupation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ploymaneuver, tactic, stratagem, ruse, subterfuge, device, scheme, dodge, play, move, feint, contrivance, artifice, wile, gambit |