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bait

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verb

ˈbāt How to pronounce bait (audio)
baited; baiting; baits

transitive verb

1
a
: to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks
bait minority groups
: to try to make angry with criticism or insults
baiting a politician during a debate
b
: tease
2
a
: to harass (a chained animal, such as a bear) with dogs usually for sport
b
: to attack by biting and tearing
dogs baiting a fox
3
a
: to furnish with bait (see bait entry 2)
bait a fishing line
bait a trap
b
: entice, lure
baiting prospective buyers
4
: to give food and drink to (an animal) especially on the road

intransitive verb

archaic : to stop for food and rest when traveling
baiter noun

bait

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noun

1
a
: something (such as food) used in luring especially to a hook or trap
using worms for bait
b
: a poisonous material placed where it will be eaten by harmful or objectionable animals
2
: lure, temptation
using bargains as bait for shoppers

Synonyms

Verb

Noun

Choose the Right Synonym for bait

bait, badger, heckle, hector, chivy, hound mean to harass by efforts to break down.

bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim.

baited the chained dog

badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy.

badgered her father for a car

heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker.

drunks heckled the stand-up comic

hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering.

football players hectored by their coach

chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging.

chivied the new student mercilessly

hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing.

hounded by creditors

Example Sentences

Verb baiting hooks with live worms The interviewer kept baiting the politician by asking him whether he was lying. Noun cheese used for bait in mousetraps Wait until the fish takes the bait. a wide selection of lures and baits
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
If using traps, bait them (peanut butter will work well), but don’t set them for several days. oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2022 Those that aren’t worthy of aquariums are sold instead as bait or feeder fish. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2022 The term comes from the practice of wiggling your fingers underwater like wet noodles to bait a catfish. Matt Carney, Outside Online, 15 June 2022 Disney also shrank Jon Boyega's picture on Chinese movie posters and bait and switched the black audience marketing Finn as a Jedi. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 June 2022 Thanks to social media, everyday people are thrust into the role of performers, putting themselves forward at all times, hoping to bait the algorithms and, in turn, your eyes. New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022 China’s intelligence services have also used the pilgrimage to bait Uighurs in safe European jurisdictions. Time, 24 Mar. 2022 Following footprints to better bait Phishing attacks have doubled from early 2020. Ravi Sen, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2022 As Curry ignored Porter’s efforts to bait him, Curry’s teammates had a sense of what was to come. Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2022
Noun
Normally, a transformative performance in a biopic about a famous actress seems like pure Oscar bait that would earn her an instant spot, sight unseen. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 16 Sep. 2022 But the pace is uneven and there’s a lot of fishing for response among viewers when they haven’t been offered much bait. John Anderson, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 The rule is one rod per person, hook and line only, and no live bait. Katie Jackson, Outside Online, 6 Sep. 2022 Miami – If not for the Nationals, the Marlins would be fish bait for bigger prey. Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 John Hoyer, of Orono, Minn., however, has pioneered the technique of casting plastic swim baits to weed beds for walleye, an unusual way to hook trophy walleye without using live bait. D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022 Those plaintiffs include Laguna Beach coastal property owners, a Huntington Beach surf school, a Seal Beach bait and tackle store, and several groups of fishing and seafood sales companies. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 The ferocious predators attack schools of anchovy-size fish like packs of wolves, which attracts terns and gulls that pluck the fleeing bait off the surface of the water. The Editors, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022 The state’s accusations spanned a five-year period and included charges of wasting moose meat, not accompanying clients, killing bears using bait to lure them, and making use of a plane and electronic communications to spot big game. Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Old Norse beita; akin to Old English bǣtan to bait, bītan to bite — more at bite

Noun

Middle English, from Old Norse beit pasturage & beita food; akin to Old English bītan to bite

First Known Use

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of bait was in the 13th century

Phrases Containing bait

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