ploy in English
- ploy⇄noun ployment.
- ploy⇄ploy (1), noun.
1. (Informal.) a gambit or maneuver by which the advantage is or may be gained over another.
2. (British Informal.) an action or proceeding, especially one in which a person amuses himself.
Ex. Their ""ploy"" of that wee - ploy⇄ploy (2), intransitive verb.
(of troops) to move from formation in a line to formation in a column.
Ex. There ... they acquire the art of ploying and deploying their troops (Sir Charles Napier).