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decoying

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
de-coy-ing
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of decoy

noun

The act of one who decoys.

Inflected Forms

decoyings (plural)

Questions

What does decoying mean?
present participle and gerund of decoy

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