decoy

¹de·coy

noun \ˈdē-ˌkȯi, di-ˈ\

Definition of DECOY

1

: a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture

2

: someone or something used to lure or lead another into a trap; especially : an artificial bird used to attract live birds within shot

3

: someone or something used to draw attention away from another

Examples of DECOY

1. He had a decoy distract the guard while he jumped over the fence.
2. <we set the decoy afloat in the marsh and from the blind waited for the ducks to arrive>

Origin of DECOY

probably from Dutch de kooi, literally, the cage

First Known Use: 1630

Related to DECOY

Synonyms: bait, lure

Related Words: ambush, net, trap; hook, snare, troll; plug, scent, spinner, stool pigeon; appeal, attraction, call, draw, incentive, pull; enticement, seducement, seduction, temptation; entanglement, entrapment

Near Antonyms: repellent (also repellant)

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Other Hunting and Fishing Terms

chum, covert, creel, flense, pitfall, seine, skulk, spoor, trawl

Rhymes with DECOY

ahoy, alloy, annoy, bad boy, ball boy, batboy, B-boy, beachboy, bellboy, bell buoy, best boy, big boy, bok choy, borzoi, boy toy, busboy, callboy, carboy, charpoy, choirboy, convoy, cowboy, deploy, destroy, doughboy, employ, enjoy, envoy, flyboy, footboy, Hanoi, hautbois, highboy, homeboy, houseboy, killjoy, Khoikhoi, life buoy, linkboy, lowboy, McCoy, newsboy, old boy, page boy, playboy, plowboy, po'boy, postboy, potboy, Quemoy, Rob Roy, Saint Croix, Savoy, schoolboy, sepoy, stock boy, tallboy, tatsoi, teapoy, Tolstoy, tomboy, travois, viceroy