decoys (noun)

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• decoy — noun (C) 1 someone or something used to trick someone into going where you want them to go so that you can catch them, attack them etc: Police have been using mocked up patrol cars as decoys to make drivers slow down. 2 a model of a bird used to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• call duck — noun : a breed of very small domestic ducks consisting of a gray variety like the mallard and a pure white variety, both often used by hunters as decoys …   Useful english dictionary

• decoy — UK [ˈdiːkɔɪ] / US [ˈdɪkɔɪ] / US [dɪˈkɔɪ] noun [countable] Word forms decoy : singular decoy plural decoys 1) a person or thing that you use to trick someone into going somewhere or doing something 2) a real or artificial bird used for attracting… …   English dictionary

• List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom — This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom.* Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g. pants , crib ) are to be found …   Wikipedia

• de|coy´er — de|coy «verb. dih KOY; noun. DEE koy, dih KOY», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to lead (wild birds or animals) into a trap or near a hunter: »The farmer decoyed the rats with cheese. 2. Figurative. to lead or tempt (a person) into danger by trickery;… …   Useful english dictionary

• de|coy — «verb. dih KOY; noun. DEE koy, dih KOY», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to lead (wild birds or animals) into a trap or near a hunter: »The farmer decoyed the rats with cheese. 2. Figurative. to lead or tempt (a person) into danger by trickery; entice: »You …   Useful english dictionary

• tre|pan — tre|pan1 «trih PAN», noun, verb, panned, pan|ning. –n. 1. an early form of the trephine. 2. a boring instrument, used for sinking shafts. –v.t. 1. = trephine. (Cf. ↑trephine) 2. to bore through with a trepan; cut a disk out of with a trepan or… …   Useful english dictionary

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• double bluff — /dʌbəl ˈblʌf/ (say dubuhl bluf) noun a cover for masking action or purpose, consisting of two separate stratagems or decoys, one of which is intended to be discovered, thereby giving greater chance of success to the other …  

• wild-fowl|er — «WYLD FOW luhr», noun. a hunter of wild fowl: »Wild fowlers will find much to interest them in the display of duck decoys (New York Times) …   Useful english dictionary