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decoy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdiːkɔɪ/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Dutch de + kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).

Meanings

  1. A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
  2. A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
  3. Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
    • 2002, Robotech: Battlecry – Guide and Walkthrough Just every 5 seconds or so shoot out a decoy near the Cats Eye and the enemies will aim for that instead of the Cats Eye.
  4. An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.

Forms

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decoys Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

decoy effect · duck decoy · decoyman · decoy-duck

Relateds

fake · dependent · correspondent · substitute · counterpart · imitate · lie

Synonyms

decoy · body double · red herring

Translations (89)

it richiamo (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · ru подсадна́я у́тка (animal used by hunters to lure game) · es enza (deceptive military device) · ja(person or object meant to lure something to danger) · es carnada (animal used by hunters to lure game) · bg изку́ствена пти́ца (animal used by hunters to lure game) · cmn 引诱物 (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · hi प्रलोभन (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · hi चारा (animal used by hunters to lure game) · ru подсадна́я у́тка (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · cmn 囮子 (animal used by hunters to lure game) · es cimbel (animal used by hunters to lure game) · is lokkunarfugl (animal used by hunters to lure game) · el δόλωμα (animal used by hunters to lure game) · tl kati (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · sh мамац (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · cmn 引誘人 /引诱人 (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · ro momeală (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · da lokkefugl (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · es señuelo (deceptive military device) · cs návnada (animal used by hunters to lure game) · pt chamariz (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · de Lockvogel (animal used by hunters to lure game) · es añagaza (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · it stampo (animal used by hunters to lure game) · mi tīmori (animal used by hunters to lure game) · hu csapda (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · la illex (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · mi hunuhunu (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · mi kaipātari (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · fr leurre (animal used by hunters to lure game) · tl pangati (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · ca cimbell (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · ru мано́к (animal used by hunters to lure game) · el δόλωμα (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · fi houkutuslintu (animal used by hunters to lure game) · ca esquer (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · my ဒလန် (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · it diversivo (deceptive military device) · fi houkutin (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · vo bätaböd (animal used by hunters to lure game) · sv lockbete (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · de Lockvogel (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · tr pırlak (animal used by hunters to lure game) · da lokkefugl (animal used by hunters to lure game) · ru прима́нка (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · de Köder (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · hi प्रलोभन (animal used by hunters to lure game) · sv lockfågel (animal used by hunters to lure game) · pl przynęta (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · es señuelo (animal used by hunters to lure game) · sv vette (animal used by hunters to lure game) · hu csalimadár (animal used by hunters to lure game) · hu csali (deceptive military device) · tr mühre (animal used by hunters to lure game) · fr leurre (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · gl reclamo (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · gl engado (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · vo bätadök (animal used by hunters to lure game) · bg прима́мка (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · fr leurre (deceptive military device) · it esca (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · es señuelo (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · hu csalimadár (deceptive military device) · ja 好餌 (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · hu csali (animal used by hunters to lure game) · grc παλευτής (animal used by hunters to lure game) · es carnada (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · hi चारा (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · nl afleiding (animal used by hunters to lure game) · it falso bersaglio (deceptive military device) · it zimbello (animal used by hunters to lure game) · cmn 誘餌 /诱饵 (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · gl cebo (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · tr çağırtkan (animal used by hunters to lure game) · ru нажи́вка (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · el κράχτης (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · fr appât (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · nl afleiding (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · fi houkutuslintu (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · mi hūhunu (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · da lokkemad (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · hu csalikacsa (animal used by hunters to lure game) · hu csalétek (animal used by hunters to lure game) · pt chamariz (animal used by hunters to lure game) · sh mamac (animal used by hunters to lure game) · hu lép (animal used by hunters to lure game) · nl lokvogel (person or object meant to lure something to danger) · es añagaza (animal used by hunters to lure game)

decoy en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdiːkɔɪ/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Dutch de + kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
    • E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, / The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. 1770, [Oliver] Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, a Poem, London: […] W[illiam] Griffin, […], →OCLC:
    • to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net
  2. (intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy.
    • As they were being decoyed, the rescue team carried the hostage and quietly slipped away.

Forms

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decoys Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
decoying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decoyed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decoyed Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

undecoyed · decoyable · deke · decoyer

Relateds

red herring

Translations (19)

ru примани́ть (to act as, or use, a decoy) · fr leurrer (to act as, or use, a decoy) · hu csalogat (to act as, or use, a decoy) · de ködern (to act as, or use, a decoy) · mi tīmori (to act as, or use, a decoy) · bg примамвам (to act as, or use, a decoy) · nl lokken (to act as, or use, a decoy) · fr piéger (to act as, or use, a decoy) · hu tőrbe csal (to act as, or use, a decoy) · uk прима́нювати (to act as, or use, a decoy) · da lokke (to act as, or use, a decoy) · el δελεάζω (to act as, or use, a decoy) · hu csapdába csal (to act as, or use, a decoy) · uk примани́ти (to act as, or use, a decoy) · de locken (to act as, or use, a decoy) · grc παλεύω (to act as, or use, a decoy) · ru прима́нивать (to act as, or use, a decoy) · mi onga (to act as, or use, a decoy) · fr appâter (to act as, or use, a decoy)