"clickbait" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈklɪk.beːt/ Audio: Nl-clickbait.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from English clickbait. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|en|clickbait}} English clickbait Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-|-}} clickbait m (uncountable)
  1. clickbait Tags: masculine, uncountable Synonyms: klikaas
    Sense id: en-clickbait-nl-noun-eJtUaEqd Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈklɪkbeɪt/ [UK] Forms: clickbaits [plural]
Etymology: From click + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response). Etymology templates: {{af|en|click|-bait|pos2=manipulation to elicit a particular response}} click + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} clickbait (countable and uncountable, plural clickbaits)
  1. (Internet marketing, derogatory) 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. Tags: Internet, countable, derogatory, uncountable Categories (topical): Internet, Marketing Synonyms: link bait Derived forms: clickbaity, clickbaiter Translations (content aimed at generating advertising revenue): klikaas (Afrikaans), clickbait [masculine] (Catalan), pescaclics [masculine] (Catalan), 標題黨 (Chinese Mandarin), 标题党 (biāotídǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), clickbait [common-gender] (Danish), kliklokkemad [common-gender, uncommon] (Danish), klikmadding [common-gender, uncommon] (Danish), clickbait (Dutch), klaklogaĵo (Esperanto), klikkiotsikko (Finnish), piège à clics [feminine] (French), putaclic [masculine] (French), Klickköder [masculine] (German), Clickbait [masculine] (German), קליקבייט (klíkbeyt) [masculine] (Hebrew), kattintásvadász (Hungarian), cluain chliceála [feminine] (Irish), acchiappaclic [masculine] (Italian), クリックベイト (kurikkubeito) (Japanese), 클릭베이트 (keullikbeiteu) (Korean), 클릭 미끼 (keullik mikki) (Korean), clickbait [masculine] (Polish), caça-clique (Portuguese), кликбейт (klikbejt) [neuter] (Russian), navlakuša [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ciberanzuelo [masculine] (Spanish), cibercebo [masculine] (Spanish), anzuelo de clics [masculine] (Spanish), cebo de clics [masculine] (Spanish), clickbait (Turkish), tıklama tuzağı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-clickbait-en-noun-38IhdgAf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -bait Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -bait: 74 26 Topics: business, marketing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: click-bait, click bait

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈklɪkbeɪt/ [UK] Forms: clickbaits [present, singular, third-person], clickbaiting [participle, present], clickbaited [participle, past], clickbaited [past]
Etymology: From click + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response). Etymology templates: {{af|en|click|-bait|pos2=manipulation to elicit a particular response}} click + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response) Head templates: {{en-verb}} clickbait (third-person singular simple present clickbaits, present participle clickbaiting, simple past and past participle clickbaited)
  1. To add clickbait to a web page; to direct clickbait at someone. Related terms: chumbox, click-through
    Sense id: en-clickbait-en-verb-L4mIQR1e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: click-bait, click bait

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈkliɡ.bɛjt/
Rhymes: -iɡbɛjt Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English clickbait. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pl|en|clickbait}} Unadapted borrowing from English clickbait Head templates: {{pl-noun|m-in}} clickbait m inan Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], clickbait [nominative, singular], clickbaity [nominative, plural], clickbaitu [genitive, singular], clickbaitów [genitive, plural], clickbaitowi [dative, singular], clickbaitom [dative, plural], clickbait [accusative, singular], clickbaity [accusative, plural], clickbaitem [instrumental, singular], clickbaitami [instrumental, plural], clickbaicie [locative, singular], clickbaitach [locative, plural], clickbaicie [singular, vocative], clickbaity [plural, vocative]
  1. (colloquial, Internet, marketing) clickbait (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) Tags: Internet, colloquial, inanimate, masculine Categories (topical): Internet, Marketing Derived forms: clickbaitowy

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          "ref": "2017, Linda Duits, Dolle mythes: een frisse factcheck van feminisme toen en nu, Amsterdam University Press, page 64",
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          "english": "Breitbart.com makes its name by seeking confrontation and controversy. Readers are drawn in with ragebait, clickbait, outrage, and a fair amount of fake news and conspiracy theories.",
          "ref": "2018, Jan Postma, De Trump-fluisteraars: Invloed in de schaduw van de macht, Karakter, page 42",
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          "ref": "2017, John Verhoeven, Het wat en hoe van contentstrategie, Atlas Contact, page 307",
          "text": "..prikkelende koppen en mooi beeld te gebruiken om maar zo veel mogelijk mensen te lokken. Het gevolg van deze clickbait kan dan zijn dat mensen zich bekocht voelen.",
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          "ref": "2017, Linda Duits, Dolle mythes: een frisse factcheck van feminisme toen en nu, Amsterdam University Press, page 64",
          "text": "Het gaat hier om clickbait: het is de bedoeling dat je klikt zodat de site advertentie-inkomsten aan je kan verdienen. Het is goedkope content die gretig gedeeld wordt, zodat er nog meer geld aan de clicks verdiend kan worden.",
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          "english": "Breitbart.com makes its name by seeking confrontation and controversy. Readers are drawn in with ragebait, clickbait, outrage, and a fair amount of fake news and conspiracy theories.",
          "ref": "2018, Jan Postma, De Trump-fluisteraars: Invloed in de schaduw van de macht, Karakter, page 42",
          "text": "Breitbart.com maakt naam door confrontaties en controverse op te zoeken. Lezers worden binnengehaald met boosmakertjes, clickbait, relletjes, en een flinke lading fake news en complottheorieën.",
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          "english": "Tweets and clickbait: they are the new clothes of the emperor of media landscape.",
          "ref": "2018, Rudi Vranckx, Mijn kleine oorlog: Dertig jaar aan het front, Overamstel Uitgevers, page 438",
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      "sense": "content aimed at generating advertising revenue",
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      "word": "acchiappaclic"
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      "word": "クリックベイト"
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      "word": "클릭베이트"
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      "code": "tr",
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          "ref": "2015, How to Write About Music, page 60",
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          "ref": "2017, Ainslie Paton, The Love Experiment",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clickbaitowi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clickbaitom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clickbait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clickbaity",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clickbaitem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clickbaitami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clickbaicie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clickbaitach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clickbaicie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clickbaity",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m-in"
      },
      "expansion": "clickbait m inan",
      "name": "pl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "click‧bait"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "pl-decl-noun-m-in"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Polish 2-syllable words",
        "Polish colloquialisms",
        "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Polish inanimate nouns",
        "Polish lemmas",
        "Polish links with manual fragments",
        "Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Polish masculine nouns",
        "Polish nouns",
        "Polish terms borrowed from English",
        "Polish terms derived from English",
        "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Polish terms with audio links",
        "Polish unadapted borrowings from English",
        "Rhymes:Polish/iɡbɛjt",
        "Rhymes:Polish/iɡbɛjt/2 syllables",
        "pl:Internet",
        "pl:Marketing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clickbait (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)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "marketing",
          "marketing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "clickbait",
          "clickbait#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, Internet, marketing) clickbait (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)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "colloquial",
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "marketing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkliɡ.bɛjt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iɡbɛjt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clickbait"
}

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