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redbaiting

redbaiting is the present participle and gerund of redbait.

Meaning of redbait

Verb

redbait (third-person singular simple present redbaits, present participle redbaiting, simple past and past participle redbaited)

  1. (US, transitive) To attack by denouncing as a Communist.
    • While Jack Kennedy thrived in the 1950s as a sex-crazed, drug-dependent, ailment-ridden party-boy politician, Bobby, the family’s complicated sourpuss, hooked up with the redbaiting Joe McCarthy, then spun off as a crusading and corners-cutting scourge of labor corruption.2007 September 9, David Corn, “Collision Course”, in New York Times

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Questions about redbaiting

What is redbaiting the present participle and gerund of?
Redbaiting is the present participle and gerund of redbait.

Words near redbaiting in the dictionary

  1. redbacks
  2. redbait
  3. redbaited
  4. redbaiter
  5. redbaiters
  6. redbaiting
  7. redbaits
  8. Redban
  9. redband
  10. redbands
  11. Redbank

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