Betydelse av decoy på svenska

• 0 something or someone used to trick or confuse people, especially something or someone that is not what they appear to be:

  • Air Force One flew ahead as a decoy, with the President in another plane behind.

  • These attacks could be a decoy, a manoeuvre to throw everyone off guard.

  • They use electrically powered duck decoys known as "robo ducks".

• 1 to trick or confuse people into doing something or going somewhere, especially by showing them something that is not what it appears to be:

  • Flying French colours, the ship tacked back and forth, trying to decoy the French ship into the harbour.

  • They were always looking for a way to decoy geese that invaded the rice fields.

• 2 something used to trick or confuse a person or animal:

  • He carves duck decoys for hunters.

• 3 a name that is placed on a company's mailing list (= list of names and addresses of people to whom advertising is sent) in order to check if the list is being used without the owner's permission