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How to pronounce “decoy”
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Pronunciation guide for decoy
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of decoy with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Aparna Rao: Art that craves your attention 8 minutes, 57 seconds
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- Definition summary
- A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
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How to pronounce decoy
Aparna Rao: Art that craves your attention 8 minutes, 57 seconds
The next work is Decoy.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “decoy”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
- Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
- An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
- (intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy.
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