A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger. / A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.

(transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap. / (intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy.

plural of decoy

simple past tense and past participle of decoy

present participle of decoy

The act of one who decoys.

plural of decoying

plural of decoy-duck

A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy. / (by extension, figuratively) One employed to lure others into danger.

A structure used to catch wildfowl, consisting of a central pond and radiating water-filled arms. / A model duck used to attract other ducks.