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race-bait

race-bait verb: to engage in race baiting.

Verb

race-bait (third-person singular simple present race-baits, present participle race-baiting, simple past and past participle race-baited)

  1. To engage in race baiting.

Forms of race-bait

third-person singular presentrace-baits
present participlerace-baiting
past participlerace-baited
pastrace-baited

Origin of race-bait

From race + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).

Words formed from race-bait

Questions about race-bait

What does race-bait mean?
Race-bait means to engage in race baiting.
What part of speech is race-bait?
Race-bait is a verb.
What is the past tense of race-bait?
The past tense of race-bait is race-baited.

Words near race-bait in the dictionary

  1. race walking
  2. race walks
  3. race war
  4. race wars
  5. race-
  6. race-bait
  7. race-baited
  8. race-baiter
  9. race-baiters
  10. race-baitier
  11. race-baitiest

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