Ploy meaning
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.
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An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver.
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An action or maneuver intended to outwit or disconcert another person.
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Origin of ploy
- Perhaps from employ employment (obsolete)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Probably abbreviated from deploy.
From Wiktionary