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PLOY
ploy, gambit, stratagem
(noun) a maneuver in a game or conversation
gambit, ploy
(noun) an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
ploy (countable and uncountable, plural ploys)
A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.
(obsolete) Employment.
Etymology 2
Verb
ploy (third-person singular simple present ploys, present participle ploying, simple past and past participle ployed)
(military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
Antonyms
• deploy
Anagrams
• -poly, poly, poly-
Source: Wiktionary
Ploy, n.
Definition: Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Ploy, v. i. Etym: [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.)
Definition: To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. Wilhelm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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