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click bait

click bait is the alternative form of clickbait.

Meaning of clickbait

Noun

clickbait (countable and uncountable, plural clickbaits)

  1. (Internet, derogatory) Website content that is aimed at generating advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs; such headlines.
    • Fairfax's sites are renowned for what is sometimes called ‘clickbait’: headlines written to beguile passing eyeballs but which obscure nondescript or irrelevant stories.2012, Gideon Haigh, The Deserted Newsroom, Penguin, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    link bait, shitbait

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Questions about click bait

What is click bait the alternative form of?
Click bait is the alternative form of clickbait.

Words near click bait in the dictionary

  1. clichéing
  2. clichély
  3. clichés
  4. click
  5. click and collect
  6. click bait
  7. click beetle
  8. click beetles
  9. click chemistry
  10. click farm
  11. click farmer

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