ploy

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
2. Sport; frolic.
3. (obsolete) Employment.

Verb

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

Sinônimos

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

deception

delusion

device

dodge

dupery

escapade

finesse

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/plɔɪ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.