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decoy

Definition

  • noun: a wooden or plastic bird (such as a duck) that is used by hunters to attract live birds
  • noun: a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture
  • verb: to lure by or as if by a decoy
  • synonyms: entice, tempt, lure

Examples

  • He had a 'decoy' distract the guard while he jumped over the fence.

  • Hunters 'decoyed' the ducks to the pond.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Get out of here! They found Neveu's car abandoned at the train station. And two tickets to Brussels paid for with Langdon's credit card. A decoy, I'm sure. All the same, send an officer to the station. Question all the taxi drivers. I'll put this on the wire. Interpol? We're not sure he's guilty. (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code