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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, countable, derogatory, uncountable
Topics: business, marketing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: link bait, shitbait
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To add clickbait to a web page; to direct clickbait at someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From click + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).
Across languages
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
