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
ploy (countable and uncountable, plural ploys)
A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.
(obsolete) Employment.
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.
• deploy
• -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
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
