Decoy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪˈkɔɪ|
Brit.
|dɪˈkɔɪ|
noun
- a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed (syn: bait, lure)
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed (syn: bait, lure)
verb
- lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
Extra examples
He had a decoy distract the guard while he jumped over the fence.
...we set the decoy afloat in the marsh and from the blind waited for the ducks to arrive...
...tacky souvenir shops to which first-time tourists had been decoyed into spending their hard-earned money...
And I am not to kill him. I am only to decoy him here.
Word forms
noun
singular: decoy
plural: decoys
singular: decoy
plural: decoys
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