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- 1. a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage: "this was widely interpreted as a ploy to buy time in order to consolidate his position"
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The meaning of PLOY is escapade, frolic. How to use ploy in a sentence. escapade, frolic; a tactic intended to embarrass or frustrate an opponent; a devised or contrived move : stratagem…
PLOY definition: 1. something that is done or said in order to get an advantage, often dishonestly: 2. something…. Learn more.
PLOY meaning: 1. something that is done or said in order to get an advantage, often dishonestly: 2. something…. Learn more.
noun. a manoeuvre or tactic in a game, conversation, etc; stratagem; gambit. any business, job, hobby, etc, with which one is occupied. angling is his latest ploy. a frolic, escapade, or practical joke.
A ploy is a clever plan that helps you get what you want. A manipulative little girl might shed tears simply as a ploy to get her mother to buy her ice cream. A politician might add amendments to a bill as a ploy to delay voting, or a hooligan might yell, "Fire!"
A ploy is a way of behaving that someone plans carefully and secretly in order to gain an advantage for themselves.
Definition of ploy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Ploy definition: . See examples of PLOY used in a sentence.
a slightly dishonest method used to try to achieve something: [ + to do sth ] The phone call was just a ploy to get rid of her. (Definition of ploy from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of ploy. in Chinese (Traditional) 計謀，策略, 手法，花招… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 计谋，策略, 手法，花招… See more. in Spanish.
1. a manoeuvre or tactic in a game, conversation, etc; stratagem; gambit. 2. any business, job, hobby, etc, with which one is occupied: angling is his latest ploy. 3. chiefly Brit a frolic, escapade, or practical joke. [C18: originally Scot and northern English, perhaps from obsolete n sense of employ meaning an occupation]
