counterploy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

counter- +‎ ploy

Noun[edit]

counterploy (plural counterploys)

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