DECOY
\dˈiːkɔ͡ɪ], \dˈiːkɔɪ], \d_ˈiː_k_ɔɪ]\
Definitions of DECOY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.
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A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.
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A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.
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A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.
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A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Any lure that deceives and entraps; a place for catching wild fowls into which they are decoyed; a bird or the likeness of one used as a decoy.
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To lure into a snare; to entrap by any means which deceive; to allure or entice.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To entrap by any means which may deceive; to lure into a net or snare; to entice.
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Anything intended to lead into a snare; anything that may lead into evil, danger, or the power of an enemy; a place for catching wild fowls.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
