bait
noun
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
baiter
-
a word derived from
bait.
Example Sentences
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"If the baiter hasn't followed quickly enough behind the seeder, the mice are coming along at night and eating the seed out of the furrows," she says.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Nadal is not a racket-tosser, not a crowd baiter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2022
"What time's the war?" enquired US model and regular Trump baiter Chrissy Teigen, keen to avoid a scheduling conflict.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2018
You letter writer is a passive-aggressive road-rage baiter.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2016
“An’ yit, boys,” cried Maroon, “she may be said to be a first-rate baiter, for she always baits us complaitly.”
From The Story of the Rock by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
