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clipbait

clipbait noun: something created with the intent that video clips of the subject would go viral online.

Noun

clipbait (uncountable)

  1. Something created with the intent that video clips of the subject would go viral online.
  2. Eggcorn of clickbait.

Verb

clipbait (third-person singular simple present clipbaits, present participle clipbaiting, simple past and past participle clipbaited)

  1. To create clipbait.

Forms of clipbait

Noun
alternative formclip bait
Verb
third-person singular presentclipbaits
present participleclipbaiting
past participleclipbaited
pastclipbaited

Origin of clipbait

From clip + -bait (“manipulation to elicit a particular response”).

Questions about clipbait

What does clipbait mean?
Clipbait means something created with the intent that video clips of the subject would go viral online.
What part of speech is clipbait?
Clipbait can be a noun or a verb.

Words near clipbait in the dictionary

  1. clip-joint
  2. clip-joints
  3. clip-on
  4. clip-ons
  5. clipart
  6. clipbait
  7. clipboard
  8. clipboarded
  9. clipboarding
  10. clipboards
  11. clipbook

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clipbait (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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