"click-baity" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more click-baity [comparative], most click-baity [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} click-baity (comparative more click-baity, superlative most click-baity)
  1. Alternative form of clickbaity Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: clickbaity
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          "text": "Mike Hudack works at Facebook. He's apparently pretty important there. His title is \"director of product management.\" And he has had it with the news media, especially online outlets with their salacious gossip and click-baity listicles. So he vented his frustrations today on his Facebook page.",
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