'Decoy' definitions:
Definition of 'decoy'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Decoy'
From: GCIDE
- Decoy \De*coy"\, n.
- 1. Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Decoy'
From: GCIDE
- Decoy \De*coy"\ (d[-e]*koi"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decoyed (-koid"); p. pr. & vb. n. Decoying.] [Pref. de- + coy; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See Coy.] To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net. [1913 Webster]
- Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. --Goldsmith.
- Syn: To entice; tempt; allure; lure. See Allure. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'decoy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent provocateur,
- allure,
- allurement,
- attract,
- attraction,
- bait,
- bait the hook,
- baited trap,
- birdlime,
- blandish,
- booby trap,
- by-bidder,
- cajole,
- capper,
- catch,
- catch out,
- charm,
- chicane,
- chicanery,
- coax,
- come-on,
- come-on man,
- deadfall,
- deathtrap,
- deceive,
- deception,
- decoy duck,
- delude,
- Dionaea,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw on,
- drawcard,
- drawing,
- drawing card,
- endearment,
- enmesh,
- ensnare,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entice,
- enticement,
- entoil,
- entrap,
- enweb,
- firetrap,
- flirt,
- flirt with,
- flytrap,
- gin,
- give the come-on,
- ground bait,
- hook,
- hook in,
- induce,
- inducement,
- inveigle,
- inveiglement,
- lead on,
- lime,
- lure,
- mesh,
- mine,
- mislead,
- mole trap,
- mousetrap,
- net,
- noose,
- offer bait to,
- pitfall,
- plant,
- rattrap,
- rope in,
- seduce,
- seducement,
- set gun,
- shill,
- snare,
- snarl,
- sniggle,
- spread the toils,
- spring gun,
- stall,
- stool pigeon,
- stoolie,
- suck in,
- tangle,
- tempt,
- temptation,
- toll,
- trap,
- trapfall,
- trick,
- trickery,
- trip,
- wile,
- wind,
- woo