decoy

English

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Noun

decoy (plural decoys)

1. A person or object meant to lure something to danger.
2. A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.

Translations

person or object meant to lure something to danger

Bulgarian: примамка (bg) Dutch: lokvogel (nl) m., afleiding (nl) f. Finnish: houkutin (fi), houkutuslintu (fi) French: leurre (fr) m., appât (fr) m.

German: Lockvogel (de) m. Greek: δόλωμα (el) (dóloma) n. Italian: esca (it) f.

animal used by hunters to lure game

Bulgarian: изкуствена патица Czech: návnada (cs) f. Dutch: afleiding (nl) f. Finnish: houkutuslintu (fi)

French: leurre (fr) m. German: Lockvogel (de) m. Greek: δόλωμα (el) (dóloma) n. Spanish: carnada (es)

Verb

decoy (third-person singular simple present decoys, present participle decoying, simple past and past participle decoyed)

1. To act or use a decoy.

Derived terms

• deke

Translations

to act or use a decoy

French: piéger (fr)

Anagrams

• coyed