Definitions for: Ploy

[n] a maneuver in a game or conversation
[n] an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

Webster (1913) Definition: Ploy, n.
Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Ploy, v. i. [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.)
To form a column from a line of troops on some designated
subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. --Wilhelm.

Synonyms: gambit, gambit, stratagem

See Also: comment, maneuver, manoeuvre, remark, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre