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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•coy /n. ˈdikɔɪ; v. dɪˈkɔɪ, ˈdikɔɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person, thing, or action that lures another into danger or a trap:The car the police were chasing was a decoy.
- Sportan artificial bird used to lure game into a trap or within gunshot:a duck decoy.
v. [ ~ + obj ( + into + verb-ing)] - to lure, trick, or trap by or as if by a decoy:The fighter pilots were decoyed by the enemy into shooting at unarmed missiles.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•coy (n. dē′koi, di koi′;v. di koi′),USA pronunciation n. - a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
- anything used as a lure.
- Sporta trained bird or other animal used to entice game into a trap or within gunshot.
- Sportan artificial bird, as a painted wooden duck, used for the same purpose.
- Sporta pond into which wild fowl are lured for capture.
- an object capable of reflecting radar waves, used as a spurious aircraft, missile, chaff, etc., for the deception of radar detectors.
v.t. - to lure by or as if by a decoy:They decoyed the ducks to an area right in front of the blind.
v.i. - to become decoyed:Ducks decoy more easily than most other waterfowl.
- Latin cavea cage
- Dutch (de) kooi (the) cage, Middle Dutch cōie
- variant of coy (now dialect, dialectal) 1610–20
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged enticement, bait, inducement, allurement.
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