bait, decoy, lure
(noun) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
decoy, steerer
(noun) a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
decoy
(verb) lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
decoy (plural decoys)
A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
decoy (third-person singular simple present decoys, present participle decoying, simple past and past participle decoyed)
(transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
(intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy.
• coyed
Source: Wiktionary
De*coy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Decoying.] Etym: [Pref. de- + coy; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See Coy.]
Definition: 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.
Syn.
– To entice; tempt; allure; lure. See Allure.
De*coy", n.
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, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
4. A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
