clickbaiting

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A form of clickbait — Website content that is aimed at generating advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs; such headlines.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of clickbait
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APA

clickbaiting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clickbaiting

MLA

“clickbaiting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clickbaiting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clickbaiting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clickbaiting.

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