Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bait
IPA transcription: [b'eɪt]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener
    Meaning: anything that serves as an enticement
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
    Meaning: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
Usage examples
  • "Have to use bait," grinned Terry.
  • The bait used by those who go fishing for compliments.
  • It was some time before the bait took, but at length--even emperors are only men!
  • The man was unscrupulous, and with the girl as a bait, Paul Armstrong soon had him fast.
  • They are good Samaritans to all the half-dead bait he from time to time throws overboard.
  • Tarzan depended upon his own quickness and the suddenness of his attack, for he had no bait or hook.
  • At such times the angler may try to tempt her with spoon or other artificial bait, or with live fish, but she will not touch them!
  • "I did mean these young red hats here, who do no more dare to bait your father's lions than to face the Cods of Dort in fair and equal fight."
  • "The carcase or live bait must be hedged round, and means adopted to guide the leopard across the string, by running out a short hedge on one side.
  • What is, after all, this electoral reform which the people grasp at, as if it were a bait, and which so many ambitious persons either call for or denounce?