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Definitions for Decoy

[1] a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
[2] anything used as a lure.
[3] a trained bird or other animal used to entice game into a trap or within gunshot.
[4] an artificial bird, as a painted wooden duck, used for the same purpose.
[5] a pond into which wild fowl are lured for capture.
[6] an object capable of reflecting radar waves, used as a spurious aircraft, missile, chaff, etc., for the deception of radar detectors.
[7] to lure by or as if by a decoy: They decoyed the ducks to an area right in front of the blind.
[8] to become decoyed: Ducks decoy more easily than most other waterfowl.
[9] a person or thing used to beguile or lead someone into danger; lure
[10] military something designed to deceive an enemy or divert his attention
[11] a bird or animal, or an image of one, used to lure game into a trap or within shooting range
[12] an enclosed space or large trap, often with a wide funnelled entrance, into which game can be lured for capture
[13] Canadian another word for deke (def. 1)
[14] to lure or be lured by or as if by means of a decoy
[15] (tr) Canadian another word for deke (def. 2)

Words related to Decoy

blind, plant, front, stoolie, imitation, fake, facade, deception, trickery, temptation, come-on, camouflage, attraction, allurement, inducement, beard, lure, stick, catch, snare

Words nearby Decoy

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Origin of Decoy

1610–20; variant of coy (now dial.) < Dutch (de ) kooi (the) cage, Middle Dutch cōie < Latin cavea cage

Other words from Decoy

de·coy·er , noun

Word origin for Decoy

C17: probably from Dutch de kooi, literally: the cage, from Latin cavea cage

Synonyms for Decoy

allurement, attraction, beard, blind, booster, camouflage, catch, chicane, chicanery, come-on, deception, enticement, facade, fake, front, imitation, inducement, lure, nark, plant, pretense, shill, snare, stick, stoolie, temptation, trick, trickery, blow off, drawing card, ensnarement, inveiglement, seducement, sitting duck, stool pigeon