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Look up: decoy


  1. decoy
    [n] - a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) 2. [v] - lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=decoy

  2. Decoy
    De·coy' (de*koi') transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Decoyed ; present participle & verbal noun Decoying .] [ Prefix de- + coy ; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/18

  3. Decoy
    De·coy' noun 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. 2. A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/18

  4. decoy
    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. 'Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy.' (Thomson) 'E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?decoy

  5. decoy
    steerer noun a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=decoy

  6. decoy
    verb lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=decoy

  7. Decoy
    • (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them. • (v. t.) 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. • (n.) A fow...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/decoy/

  8. decoy
    (from the article `radar`) ...cloud consisting of a large number of tiny metallic reflecting strips that create strong echoes over a large area to mask the presence of real ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/23

  9. decoy
    decoy 1. Someone who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, etc. 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 to lure other water ducks, etc., close...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3591/3

  10. Decoy
    [chess] The diagram on the right, with Black to play, illustrates two separate decoys. First, the White queen is set up on c4 for a knight fork: 1... Rxc4! 2. Qxc4. Next, the fork is executed by removing the sole defender of the a3 square: 2... Qxb2!+ 3. Rxb2 Na3+ 4. Kc1. Finally, a zwischen...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(chess)



  1. Decoy
    [album] Decoy is a 1984 album by jazz musician Miles Davis, recorded in 1983. It features keyboardist Robert Irving III and guitarist John Scofield contributing most of the compositions and the other solos. Branford Marsalis is heard on some cuts on soprano. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== M...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(album)

  2. Decoy
    HMS Decoy was a British defender Class destroyer of 1375 tons displacement built under the 1930 War Programme which saw action during the Second World War. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers ...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RD.HTM

  3. Decoy
    [TV series] Decoy (also titled Decoy Police Woman) is a groundbreaking American crime drama television series which was created for syndication and initially broadcast from October 14, 1957 to July 7, 1958, lasting for thirty nine 30-minute black-and-white episodes. It was the first American...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(TV_series)

  4. DECOY
    An offensive play meant to disguise the spiker who will receive the set.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  5. Decoy
    A unique name especially inserted in a mailing list verifying list usage.
    Found op http://www.nmoa.org/Library/index.htm

  6. Decoy
    Strictly speaking, a decoy is either a tame or artificial duck, so placed as to lure wild ducks within gunshot range. The term is widely applied to any means by which a person or animal is lured into a trap.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AD.HTM

  7. Decoy
    [disambiguation] A decoy is a person, device or event meant as a distraction to conceal what an individual or a group might be looking for. Decoy may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(disambiguation)

  8. Decoy
    [film] Decoy is a 1946 American film noir. Directed by Jack Bernhard, the film stars Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley, Sheldon Leonard and Marjorie Woodworth. The film was produced by Jack Bernhard and Bernard Brandt as a Jack Bernhard Production, with a screenpla...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(film)

  9. Decoy
    [EP] Decoy is an EP by the Santa Cruz, California-based hardcore punk band Good Riddance. It was released August 26, 1995 through Fat Wreck Chords, six months after their debut album For God and Country, which included the EP`s title track, "Decoy". The first two tracks on the EP, "United Ci...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(EP)

  10. decoy
    1) Accomplice 2) Beguiler 3) Cheat 4) Cheater 5) Confederate 6) Deceiver 7) Duck hunter's lure 8) Duck hunter's ploy 9) Duck that's not a duck 10) Hunter's lure 11) It's distracting 12) It's not to be believed 13)...
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/decoy/1

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