"click-baity" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: click-baitier [comparative], click-baitiest [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} click-baity (comparative click-baitier, superlative click-baitiest)
  1. Alternative form of clickbaity. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: clickbaity
    Sense id: en-click-baity-en-adj-EFaNHMJx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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