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ploy

[ ploi ]

noun

  1. a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.

    Synonyms: , , , ,



verb (used with object)

  1. Military Archaic. to move (troops) from a line into a column. Compare deploy.

verb (used without object)

  1. Military Archaic. to move from a line into a column.

ploy

/ ±è±ôɔɪ /

noun

  1. a manoeuvre or tactic in a game, conversation, etc; stratagem; gambit
  2. any business, job, hobby, etc, with which one is occupied

    angling is his latest ploy

  3. a frolic, escapade, or practical joke
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ploy1

1475–85; earlier ploye to bend < Middle French ployer ( French plier ) < Latin ±è±ô¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð to fold, ply 2; deploy
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ploy1

C18: originally Scot and northern English, perhaps from obsolete n sense of employ meaning an occupation
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Example Sentences

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She sees the entire exercise as a political ploy to get fearful consumers to make big-ticket purchases quickly in an effort to jump-start a flagging economy.

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Goldberg initially believed that the message was a cleverly orchestrated hoax, a ploy put forth by press-hostile actors to embarrass journalists by getting them to report false information.

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It requires him to complete the Cold Harbor file, the final step of Lumon’s shrouded ploy to create multiple innies of Gemma.

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He took advantage of Liverpool's inexplicable ploy of marking him with a player in Alexis Mac Allister, who is not far off a foot smaller than him - something that carried on in the second half.

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Sure, sure — I knew it was a ploy for cash, but I was intrigued.

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