baiting

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Bait (dogs)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: bating
• Rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ

Verb

baiting

1. present participle and gerund of bait

Noun

baiting (countable and uncountable, plural baitings)

1. A bloodsport involving the act of worrying or tormenting a chained or confined animal by setting dogs upon it.
2. The act of luring, as into a trap.

Derived terms

• bear-baiting
• bearbaiting
• bear baiting
• bullbaiting, bull-baiting
• Eve baiting
• gender baiting
• gender-baiting
• goon baiting
• Jew-baiting
• linkbaiting
• pedobaiting
• prebaiting
• queerbaiting
• queer-baiting
• queer baiting
• race baiting
• rat-baiting
• red-baiting
• scambaiting
• suicide baiting
• tip baiting

See also

• bait
• blood sport

Anagrams

• abiting