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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ploy \Ploy\, noun Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ploy \Ploy\, verb (used without an object) [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. --Wilhelm.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ploy
noun
1: an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker [syn: {gambit}]
2: a maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: {gambit}, {stratagem}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "ploy": Byzantine intrigues, art, artful dodge, artifice, backstairs influence, bag of tricks, bat, bender, binge, blind, bluff, bosey, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, catch, celebration, chicanery, chouse, connections, conspiracy, contrivance, coup, craft, curve, curve-ball, cute trick, deals, debauch, deceit, design, device, dirty deal, dirty trick, dodge, drinking bout, escapade, expedient, fakement, fast deal, feint, fetch, ficelle, fling, gambit, game, games, gimmick, googly, grift, hocus-pocus, influence peddling, intrigue, intrigues, joker, juggle, jugglery, knavery, lark, little game, lobbying, lobbyism, maneuver, move, orgy, pass, play, plot, ploys, racket, randan, randy, red herring, revel, ropes, ruse, scheme, schemes, scurvy trick, shift, sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, spree, stratagem, strategy, strings, subterfuge, tactic, tear, toot, trick, trickery, wile, wily device, wingding, wire-pulling, wires
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