📖 Definitions of "Ploy"
noun
- 1
A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
"The free T-shirt is really a ploy to get you inside to see their sales pitch."
- 2
Sport; frolic.
- 3
Employment.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| stratagemnoun | A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception. |
| gambitnoun | Any ploy or stratagem. |
| tacticnoun | A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end. |
| schemenoun | A systematic plan of future action. |
| shownoun | (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment. |
| expedientnoun | A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource. |
| manipulationnoun | The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated. |
| ingenuitynoun | The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness. |
| manoeuvringnoun | A manoeuvre. |
| sleightnoun | (countable) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation. |
| deceptionnoun | An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy. |
| clevernessnoun | The property of being clever. |
| movenoun | The act of moving; a movement. |
| hoaxnoun | Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick. |
| guilenoun | (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception. |
| cunningnoun | Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour. |
| trickerynoun | (countable, uncountable) Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior. |
| thingnoun | That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept. |
| passingnoun | The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another. |
| gimmicknoun | A trick or device used to attain some end. |
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