Ploy definition

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An action or maneuver intended to outwit or disconcert another person.

noun

An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver.

noun

The definition of a ploy is a scheme or cunning attempt to achieve a desired aim.

When you go on and on about how great your mom's cookies are in a cunning attempt to get her to make some cookies, this is an example of a ploy.

noun

The free t-shirt is really a ploy to get you in the door to see their sales pitch.

noun

(military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

verb

(UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.

noun

Other Word Forms

Singular:

ploy

Plural:

ploys

Perhaps from employ employment (obsolete)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Probably abbreviated from deploy.

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