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tip-baiting

tip-baiting is the alternative form of tip baiting.

tip-baiting is the present participle and gerund of tip-bait.

Meaning of tip baiting

Noun

tip baiting (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) In fast food delivery, the practice of promising a large tip (usually on a delivery app) so that the deliverer feels incentivised to swiftly reach their destination, only to deliberately decrease or cancel the tip once the delivery is completed.
    • Happy Holidays, from tip baiting Instacart [grocery delivery service] customers.2019 November 28, MatthewTelles, Twitter

Questions about tip-baiting

What is tip-baiting the alternative form of?
Tip-baiting is the alternative form of tip baiting.

Words near tip-baiting in the dictionary

  1. tip wage credits
  2. tip wilter
  3. tip wilters
  4. tip-bait
  5. tip-baited
  6. tip-baiting
  7. tip-baits
  8. tip-cat
  9. tip-cats
  10. tip-off
  11. tip-offs

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