Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: decoy
IPA transcription: [dək'ɔɪ]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: decoy
    Meaning: lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
Usage examples
  • They did not know my friendly interest in them, and flew to the ground trailing and trying to decoy me away in such a marked manner that when we passed a young dove a few yards farther on, it was easy to put two and two together.