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

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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

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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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