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counterploy

counterploy noun: a clever trick used to counteract another clever trick.

Noun

counterploy (plural counterploys)

  1. A clever trick used to counteract another clever trick.
    • So it goes. Bluff and counterbluff, ploy and counterploy.1971, William O. Johnson, Super Spectator and the Electric Lilliputians, page 114

Forms of counterploy

pluralcounterploys

Origin of counterploy

From counter- + ploy.

Questions about counterploy

What does counterploy mean?
Counterploy means a clever trick used to counteract another clever trick.
What part of speech is counterploy?
Counterploy is a noun.
What is the plural of counterploy?
The plural of counterploy is counterploys.

Words near counterploy in the dictionary

  1. counterplots
  2. counterplotted
  3. counterplotter
  4. counterplotters
  5. counterplotting
  6. counterploy
  7. counterploys
  8. counterpoint
  9. counterpointed
  10. counterpointing
  11. counterpoints

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