ploy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ploy	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ploy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ploy n an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker Synonym(s): gambit, ploy a maneuver in a game or conversation Synonym(s): ploy, gambit, stratagem
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ploy \Ploy\, n. Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ploy \Ploy\, v. i. [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. --Wilhelm.