ploy

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
2. (Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable) Sport; frolic.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Employment.

Verb

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

Concepten

strategie

krijgskunde

kunstgreep

programma

tactiek

Tegenovergesteld aan

deploy

Synoniemen

trick

stratagem

gambit

ruse

artifice

scheme

tactics

strategy

intrigue

plot

contrivance

wangle

flourish

fraud

frolic

game

handling

hitch

hoax

hobby

hook

🪝

humbug

imposition

imposture

jugglery

plan

ring

💍

rink

scam

shenanigan

shrewd

snag

squiggle

storyline

subterfuge

swindle

tactic

treachery

trickery

plot line

riding school

secret plan

hokey-pokey

management

policy

strategies

catch

cheating

con

deceit

Vertalingen

List

truco

stratagème

táctica

estratagema

ardid

tactique

Trick

Masche

stratégie

stratagemma

gambit

estrategia

truc

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/plɔɪ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: -

In summary

Possibly from a shortened form of employ or deploy. Or from earlier ploye, from Middle English, borrowed from Middle French ployer (compare modern plier), from Latin plicāre.