baiting

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Homophone: bating
  • Rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ

Verb

baiting

  1. present participle and gerund of bait

Noun

baiting (countable and uncountable, plural baitings)

  1. A bloodsport involving the act of worrying or tormenting a chained or confined animal by setting dogs upon it.
  2. The act of luring, as into a trap.

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