clickbait
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clickbait
- /ˈklɪkbeɪt/ UK
Where it comes from
From click + -bait (“manipulation to elicit a particular response”).
noun clickbaits · click-bait · click bait
- 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. Fairfax's sites are renowned for what is sometimes called ‘clickbait’: headlines written to beguile passing eyeballs but which obscure nondescript or irrelevant stories.
verb clickbaits · clickbaiting · clickbaited · click-bait · click bait
- To add clickbait to a web page; to direct clickbait at someone. Whether they're acts of clickbaiting or dumbness, internet headlines routinely mischaracterize quotes, inaccurately paraphrase statements, and misuse specific terms, all to make readers click.
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noun content aimed at generating advertising revenue
| Español | añagaza de/para clics, ciberañagaza, pescaclics |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 클릭베이트 keullikbeiteu, 클릭 미끼 keullik mikki |
| 日本語 | クリックベイト kurikkubeito |
| 中文 | 標題黨 /标题党 biāotídǎng |
| Português | caça-clique |
| Français | piège à clics, putaclic |
| Deutsch | Klickköder, Clickbait |
| Italiano | acchiappaclic |
| Русский | кликбейт klikbejt |
| עברית | קליקבייט klíkbeyt |
Talk about this word "clickbait." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/clickbait. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. clickbait. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/clickbait "clickbait." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/clickbait.Cite this
@misc{clickbait_2026,
title = {clickbait},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clickbait},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
