clipbait

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noun

Something created with the intent that video clips of the subject would go viral online.

OriginEnglish bait ← Middle English bayte ← Old Norse beita →
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Meanings

nounclipbait (uncountable)

alternative clip bait

  1. uncountableSomething created with the intent that video clips of the subject would go viral online.
  2. uncountableEggcorn of clickbait.
verbclipbait (third-person singular simple present clipbaits, present participle clipbaiting, simple past and past participle clipbaited)

present singular third person clipbaits · participle present clipbaiting · participle past clipbaited · past clipbaited · alternative clip bait

  1. To create clipbait.

Origin

  1. Old Norseklippa
  2. Middle Englishclippen
  3. Englishclip
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéydt
  6. Proto-Germanic*bītaną
  7. Proto-Germanic*baitijaną
  8. Old Norsebeita
  9. Middle Englishbayte
  10. Englishbait
  11. Englishclipbait

From clip + -bait (“manipulation to elicit a particular response”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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