How many syllables in Decoy
Word
Decoy
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
de-coy
Definition
- 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. - Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives
and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.
- n. - A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice
other fowl into a net or within shot.
- n. - A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in
order to take or shoot them.
- n. - 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.
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