[n. dee-koi, di-koi; v. di-koi] 
| 1. | a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like. |
| 2. | anything used as a lure. |
| 3. | a trained bird or other animal used to entice game into a trap or within gunshot. |
| 4. | an artificial bird, as a painted wooden duck, used for the same purpose. |
| 5. | a pond into which wild fowl are lured for capture. |
| 6. | an object capable of reflecting radar waves, used as a spurious aircraft, missile, chaff, etc., for the deception of radar detectors. |
| 7. | to lure by or as if by a decoy: They decoyed the ducks to an area right in front of the blind. |
| 8. | to become decoyed: Ducks decoy more easily than most other waterfowl. |
| de·coy (dē'koi', dĭ-koi') n.
To lure or entrap by or as if by a decoy. See Synonyms at lure. [Possibly from Dutch de kooi, the cage : de, the (from Middle Dutch; see to- in Indo-European roots) + kooi, cage (from Middle Dutch cōie, from Latin cavea).] de·coy'er n. |
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