ploy

Etymology 1
Possibly from a shortened form of or. Or from earlier, from , borrowed from (compare modern ), from.

Noun

 * 1) A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
 * 2)  Sport; frolic.
 * 3)  Employment.
 * 1)  Sport; frolic.
 * 2)  Employment.
 * 1)  Sport; frolic.
 * 2)  Employment.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:, manévr, ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:, ,
 * Korean: 꼼수
 * Maori: nuka, rauhanga, tiriki, nuka, rauhanga
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology 2
Probably abbreviated from.

Verb

 * 1)  To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.