overbait

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verb

To use too much bait (in catching fish or animals).

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Meanings

verboverbait (third-person singular simple present overbaits, present participle overbaiting, simple past and past participle overbaited)

present singular third person overbaits · participle present overbaiting · participle past overbaited · past overbaited

  1. ambitransitiveTo use too much bait (in catching fish or animals).

Origin

From over- + bait.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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