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How to pronounce “ploy”
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Pronunciation guide for ploy
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of ploy with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- What to Do When There's a Polar Bear in Your Backyard
"Do polar bears really come into town or is this some tourism ploy?"
- Definition summary
- A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce ploy
What to Do When There's a Polar Bear in Your Backyard
"Do polar bears really come into town or is this some tourism ploy?"
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “ploy”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.
- (obsolete) Employment.
- [Verb]
- (military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
Practice Nearby Words
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