Ploy

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
  • v. To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Sport; frolic.
  • verb-intransitive. To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Employment.
  • n. A harmless frolic; a merrymaking.
  • Milit., to move from line into column: the opposite of deploy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a maneuver in a game or conversation
  • n. an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
  • Verb Form
    ployed    ployes    ploys   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sport    frolic   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Elroy    Floy    Goy    Illinois    Joy    Oi    Roy    Savoy    Troy    ahoy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ruse    subterfuge    stratagem    gambit    tactic    maneuver    feint    machinations    hoax    trick