Ploy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|plɔɪ|
Brit.
|plɔɪ|
noun
- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker (syn: gambit)
- a maneuver in a game or conversation (syn: gambit, stratagem)
- a maneuver in a game or conversation (syn: gambit, stratagem)
Extra examples
Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money.
...asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party...
The ploy is to get her out.
His usual ploy is to pretend he's ill.
Word forms
noun
singular: ploy
plural: ploys
singular: ploy
plural: ploys
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