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    [Verb]  | "bait" | \ ˈbāt \


    1: to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks : to try to make angry with criticism or insults

    2: tease

    3: to harass (a chained animal, such as a bear) with dogs usually for sport


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, from Old Norse beita; akin to Old English bǣtan to bait, bītan to bite {mat|bite|};

    [Verb]  | "red-bait" | \ ˈred-ˌbāt \


    1: to subject (a person or group) to red-baiting

    2: to engage in red-baiting


    Origin: 1938 ;

    [Verb]  | "fish" 


    1: to catch or attempt to catch fish

    2: to seek something by roundabout means

    3: to search for something underwater


    Origin: before 12th century ;

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    [Noun]  | "bait" 


    1: something (such as food) used in luring especially to a hook or trap

    2: a poisonous material placed where it will be eaten by harmful or objectionable animals

    3: lure, temptation


    Origin: 14th century ;

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

    [Noun]  | "bait and switch" 


    1: a sales tactic in which a customer is attracted by the advertisement of a low-priced item but is then encouraged to buy a higher-priced one

    2: the ploy of offering a person something desirable to gain favor (such as political support) then thwarting expectations with something less desirable


    Origin: 1962 ;

    [Noun]  | "bait" 


    1: something used to attract animals to a hook or into a trap;


      * e.g., " ... cheese is the traditional bait for trapping mice "



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    2: something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain;


      * e.g., " ... the promise of free vacation is surefire bait to get people to agree to be chaperones for school trips "



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    [Noun]  | "bait and switch" 


    1: a selling method in which a customer is attracted by the advertisement of a low-priced product but then is encouraged to buy a more expensive one;


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    [Noun]  | "bait and switches" 


    1: a selling method in which a customer is attracted by the advertisement of a low-priced product but then is encouraged to buy a more expensive one;


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    [Verb]  | "bait" 


    1: to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults;


      * e.g., " ... I wished the candidates would stop baiting each other and instead address the real issues "



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    2: to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage;


      * e.g., " ... the investment scheme cunningly baits the greedy and the unscrupulous "



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    [Verb]  | "fish" 


    1: to search for something blindly or uncertainly;


      * e.g., " ... take a minute to fish for some change to drop in the donation box "



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     [ "bait" ]

    1: when something is made blatantly obvious

      * e.g.,  ... it was so bait dat it was u who stole my phone 

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    1: Internet talk for lies or insults that aren intended to trigger people

      * e.g.,  ... User 1: This is the best thing since Harry Potte 

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    1: To be bait means that it is obvious that you are doing somthing that you shouldn't be doing. When Someone tells you to "stop being so bait" it means to be more SECRETIVE in what you are doing.

      * e.g.,  ... "Oi luke man stop being so bait" 

     [ "bait" ]

    1: noun

      * e.g.,  ... I gotta go to the club tonight and find the bait!!! 


     [ "bait" ]

    2:  A male or female that is appealing to the opposite sex.

     [ "bait" ]

    1: 1)Another word for blatant

      * e.g.,  ... 1) It's so bait he beat you in that fight 


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    2: 2)Obvious

      * e.g.,  ... 2) Boy steals from the shop - "You're lucky you didn't get caught cos you were bait!" 


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    3: 3)Get you found out(by authorities: police,teachers,security etc)

      * e.g.,  ... 3) Why would you go with him, he'll bait you up 


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    4: 4)baited - Snitched / Got you found out

      * e.g.,  ... 4) He just baited you up to Mr Strict, lets get him after school 

     [ "bait" ]

    1: Male genitalia, particularly the scrotal assembly (scrotum and testicles).

      * e.g.,  ... HHHuuuucccgh!!!! It got me right in the bait! 


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    2: One of the oddest human body parts, no one knows exactly why the scrotal assembly is put together the way it is. However, many scientists now theorize that, much like the worm-lure tongue of the Alligator snapping turtle, the scrotal assembly's appearance evolved as a lure to help prehistoric man catch and kill otherwise deadly wooly mammoths.


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    3: When a mammoth was spotted, one man would climb onto a stump, rock, etc. and shout out mammoth calls while dangling his junk in full view of the animal. The mammoth, entranced by this display, would stumble drunkenly toward the man with its mouth watering and its trunk outstretched ready to pluck the sweet sweet prize from the hunter.


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    4: Then, suddenly, the rest of the hunters would spring up from behind the bushes and spear the mammoth which, even while dying, would never take its eyes off the bait. Often, the mammoth's mouth would continue to water for an hour or so after death, and while some speculate that this was merely a reflex action, others suspect that as the mammoth's brain shut down, it saw before it a brilliant tunnel of light with hundreds of juicy nutsacks at the end.


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    5: After the extinction of the wooly mammoths, the scrotal assembly has become essentially a vestigial appendage whose unique appearance no longer serves a purpose, much like the appendix.

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    1: When something happens that can cause you any danger.

      * e.g.,  ... "I almost tripped back there, that was bait. 

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    1: (LGBTQ community slang) using false media, pictures/videos, positioning it as your own, in order to get something from someone who is not attracted to you/your gender. (i.e. A gay man using nude photos/videos of girls, as proof that he's a girl, in order to receive/see pictures/videos of a straight man masturbating to the fake content.)

      * e.g.,  ... "Yeah, i baited him into sending me a video of him completely naked and jerking off to a fake vid I sent. He thinks my name is 'Sarah'!" 

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    1: When an opinion is unpopular, thus it doesn't attract many people of a certain belief and becomes "bait" for them

      * e.g.,  ... Intel consumer: AMD Ryzen CPUs have less GHz than Intel i7-7700k CPUs! 

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    1: Basic girl who is bait for hilarious pranks.

      * e.g.,  ... Look, there are ten baits taking a picture for Snapchat, lets photobomb it! 

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