"tip bait" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tip baits [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from tip baiting. Popularised in the 2020s with the rise of food delivery services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|tip baiting}} Back-formation from tip baiting Head templates: {{en-noun}} tip bait (plural tip baits)
  1. (chiefly Internet slang) The promise of a large tip (usually on a delivery app) so that the deliverer feels incentivised to swiftly reach their destination, only to deliberately decrease or cancel the tip once the delivery is completed. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-tip_bait-en-noun-jqPPIyhT

Verb

Forms: tip baits [present, singular, third-person], tip baiting [participle, present], tip baited [participle, past], tip baited [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from tip baiting. Popularised in the 2020s with the rise of food delivery services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|tip baiting}} Back-formation from tip baiting Head templates: {{en-verb}} tip bait (third-person singular simple present tip baits, present participle tip baiting, simple past and past participle tip baited)
  1. (chiefly Internet slang) To make such a falsely promised tip; to engage in tip baiting. Tags: Internet Synonyms: tip-bait
    Sense id: en-tip_bait-en-verb-73LF7RtT Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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