Word info

click bait

Noun

Meaning

click bait (uncountable)

Alternative form of clickbait

click-bait (uncountable)

Alternative form of clickbait

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

click-bait

Examples

But once you get to the click-bait headline, "Price Tag of Bernie Sanders's Proposals: $18 Trillion," you could see what a steaming pile of manure the story is. Source: Internet

My imaginary kids are playing video games and learning about life from cartoons, and all the while ads and click-bait stories about celebrities pop up on screens all over the house. Source: Internet

On Twitter, Växjö fans dismissed the report as “wishful thinking” from Evertsson and “click-bait.” Source: Internet

Perhaps most important, reader support is key to our ability to maintain our status as a nonprofit journalistic venture, ensuring our stories are never influenced by click-bait or advertising pressures. Source: Internet

To Dr. Maria Dixon-Hall, the professor behind the survey, that’s called click-bait, and it runs rampant when on matters of race and sexuality. Source: Internet

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