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gaybaits

gaybaits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gaybait.

Meaning of gaybait

Verb

gaybait (third-person singular simple present gaybaits, present participle gaybaiting, simple past and past participle gaybaited)

  1. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To harass or vilify someone for their real or imagined homosexuality.
    • Criticism of the sodomy law by successful gubernatorial candidate Ann Richards led to gay-baiting by her opponents, who claimed gay activists had named her an "honorary lesbian."1990 December 16, David Morris, “Judge Strikes Down Texas Sodomy Law”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 15
  2. (slang, transitive) To seduce a heterosexual person into homosexual relations.
  3. (slang, transitive) To queerbait.

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Questions about gaybaits

What is gaybaits the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gaybaits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gaybait.

Words near gaybaits in the dictionary

  1. Gayatri Mantra
  2. Gayatris
  3. gaybait
  4. gaybaited
  5. gaybaiting
  6. gaybaits
  7. gaybar
  8. gaybars
  9. gaybasher
  10. gaybashing
  11. gaybeseen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gaybaits (page history and authors); gaybait (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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