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decon

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /di?.k?n/

Noun

decon (countable and uncountable, plural decons)

  1. Abbreviation of decontamination.

Verb

decon (third-person singular simple present decons, present participle deconning, simple past and past participle deconned)

  1. Abbreviation of decontaminate.

Anagrams

  • CODEN, Conde, coend, conde, coned, onced

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decoy

English

Etymology

From Dutch de +? kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?di?k??/

Noun

decoy (plural decoys)

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

Translations

Verb

decoy (third-person singular simple present decoys, present participle decoying, simple past and past participle decoyed)

  1. (transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
    to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net
    • 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village
      E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, / The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.
  2. (intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

  • deke
Translations

Anagrams

  • coyed

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