1) Accomplice 2) Anything used as a lure 3) Artificial bird 4) Beguiler 5) Cheat 6) Cheater 7) Chess tactic 8) Confederate 9) Cork duck 10) Deceiver 11) Distracting duck 12) Diversionary device 13) Duck blind 14) Duck blind attraction 15) Fake drake 16) Fake duck 17) Inflatable duck 18) Kind of blind
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1) Allure 2) Entice 3) Enticer 4) Lure 5) Roper 6) Shill 7) Snare 8) Stool pigeon 9) Trap
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A dummy designed to lure birds, especially woodpigeon, within shooting range. Also refers to a pond used for trapping ducks
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[chess] ==Example== In the diagram, 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 zwischenzug decoys the king to b2: 4... Bxb2+. After eit...
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• (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 fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to en...
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(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 ...
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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 be joy.' (Goldsmith) ... Synonym: To entice, tempt...
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An offensive play meant to disguise the spiker who will receive the set.
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De·coy' (de*koi')
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Decoyed ;
present participle & verbal noun Decoying .] [ Prefix
de- +
coy ; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See
Coy .] To lead into danger by ...
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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 shot.
3. A place into which wild fowl, e...
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A unique name especially inserted in a mailing list verifying list usage.
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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.
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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 providing a top speed of 36 knots and carried a co...
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A live House Sparrow used inside a ground trap to attract other House Sparrows.
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[
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
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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 enough to be shot. 5. A pond into which wild fow...
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steerer noun a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
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a shorter term for decoy assumption.
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a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like. · anything used as a lure. · a trained bird or other animal used to entice game into a trap or within gunshot. · an artificial bird, as a painted wooden duck, used for the same purpose. · a pond into which wild fowl are lured for captu...
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