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单词 ploy
释义

ploy

noun

ˈplȯi How to pronounce ploy (audio)
1
: escapade, frolic
2
a
: a tactic intended to embarrass or frustrate an opponent
b
: a devised or contrived move : stratagem
a ploy to get her to open the door Robert B. Parker

Synonyms

  • artifice
  • device
  • dodge
  • fetch
  • flimflam
  • gambit
  • gimmick
  • jig
  • juggle
  • knack
  • play
  • ruse
  • scheme
  • shenanigan
  • sleight
  • stratagem
  • trick
  • wile
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Example Sentences

Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money. asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
Recent Examples on the Web In an email to the New York Times, Jasmina Steele, Patek Philippe’s international communications and public relations director, said the digital exhibition isn’t just another marketing ploy. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2022 Billy Martin used that ploy 50 years ago this month, managing the 1972 Detroit Tigers, and again with the eventual world champion 1977 Yankees. Pete Caldera, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022 The ploy taps into people’s anger at Russia, said Yevhen Bulatsev, a founder of the company UA Dynamics, which donates the drones to the military. Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 Conspiracy theories have filled social media, some suggesting that the mustard's disappearance is supermarkets' ploy to inflate prices and that stacks of pots are being hidden in warehouses. Camille Knight, CNN, 8 Aug. 2022 In the original film, Melanie Griffith plays Tess, a Staten Island secretary who impersonates her power suit-wearing boss Katharine (Sigourney Weaver) in a ploy to advance her career. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2022 Malcolm, Yul, Earl, and Jeff reveal all the things that happened behind the scenes during their adventure, including a bold ploy before the game even began. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 July 2022 Prosecutors called that effort a ploy to avoid accountability that showed further contempt for the court and government by wasting their time as well as Congress’s. Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 16 July 2022 Prosecutors called that effort a ploy to avoid accountability that showed further contempt for the court and government by wasting their time as well as Congress’s. Devlin Barrett And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

probably from employ

First Known Use

1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

ploy

noun

ˈplȯi How to pronounce ploy (audio)
plural ploys
: a trick used to make someone do something or get an advantage

ploy

noun

1
as in ruse
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • ruse
  • scheme
  • trick
  • stratagem
  • device
  • gambit
  • gimmick
  • dodge
  • jig
  • knack
  • flimflam
  • bluff
  • fetch
  • wile
  • shenanigan
  • sleight
  • deception
  • juggle
  • subterfuge
  • play
  • cunning
  • trickery
  • hoax
  • artifice
  • feint
  • sleight of hand
  • swindle
  • duplicity
  • jugglery
  • swindling
  • end run
  • chicanery
  • cheating
  • cozenage
  • skulduggery
  • fakery
  • legerdemain
  • sham
  • skullduggery
  • fraud
  • dupery
  • gaff
  • blind
  • crookery
  • craft
  • front
  • smoke screen
2
as in spree
a time or instance of carefree fun wanted one grand ploy through Europe before settling down and raising a family

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • spree
  • lark
  • fling
  • prank
  • romp
  • idyll
  • revel
  • frisk
  • binge
  • caper
  • escapade
  • gambol
  • rollick
  • frolic
  • festivity
  • idyl
  • bender
  • diversion
  • splore
  • antic
  • souse
  • amusement
  • bum
  • toot
  • brannigan
  • indulgence
  • carouse
  • shenanigan(s)
  • entertainment
  • bust
  • merrymaking
  • field day
  • merriment
  • enjoyment
  • monkeyshine(s)
  • pleasure
  • recreation
  • self-indulgence
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