bear-baiting

bear-bait

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [bair beyt]
- /bɛər beɪt/
- /beə(r) beɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bair beyt]
- /bɛər beɪt/

Definitions of bear-baiting word

noun bear-baiting (formerly) an entertainment in which dogs attacked and enraged a chained bear 3
noun bear-baiting the former practice of setting dogs to fight a captive bear. 1

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Origin of bear-baiting

First appearance:

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

1250-1300; Middle English. See bear2, bait ( def 10 ), -ing1

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Parts of speech for Bear-baiting

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Bear-baiting

bear-baiting popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.