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ALL meanings of baiting

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  • noun baiting food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc. 1
  • noun baiting a poisoned lure used in exterminating pests. 1
  • noun baiting an allurement; enticement: Employees were lured with the bait of annual bonuses. 1
  • noun baiting an object for pulling molten or liquefied material, as glass, from a vat or the like by adhesion. 1
  • noun baiting South Midland and Southern U.S. a large or sufficient quantity or amount: He fetched a good bait of wood. an excessive quantity or amount. 1
  • noun baiting British Slang. food. 1
  • verb with object baiting to prepare (a hook or trap) with bait. 1
  • verb with object baiting to entice by deception or trickery so as to entrap or destroy: using fake signal lights to bait the ships onto the rocks. 1
  • verb with object baiting to attract, tempt, or captivate. 1
  • verb with object baiting to set dogs upon (an animal) for sport. 1
  • verb with object baiting to worry, torment, or persecute, especially with malicious remarks: a nasty habit of baiting defenseless subordinates. 1
  • verb with object baiting to tease: They love to bait him about his gaudy ties. 1
  • verb with object baiting to feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey. 1
  • verb without object baiting to stop for food or refreshment during a journey. 1
  • verb without object baiting (of a horse or other animal) to take food; feed. 1
  • noun baiting Present participle of bait. 1
  • noun baiting A bloodsport involving the act of worrying or tormenting a chained or confined animal by setting dogs upon it. 0
  • noun baiting The act of luring, as into a trap. 0
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