An online tool used to lure people into clicking on your website. It comes in a couple different forms:
One form of click bait is a thumbnail. Often these types of click bait will feature pictures of hot women or something else that can grab your attention
Another popular form is the caption of a thumbnail. These are used to build suspense and make you want to read the page. Some popular examples are "*politician* does *something newsworthy*", "you won't believe what *celebrity* did", and finally, "amazing trick to *do something hard*"
Click bait was very popular when youtube began, as many aspiring youtubers would utilize click bait to get people to click on their videos.
One form of click bait is a thumbnail. Often these types of click bait will feature pictures of hot women or something else that can grab your attention
Another popular form is the caption of a thumbnail. These are used to build suspense and make you want to read the page. Some popular examples are "*politician* does *something newsworthy*", "you won't believe what *celebrity* did", and finally, "amazing trick to *do something hard*"
Click bait was very popular when youtube began, as many aspiring youtubers would utilize click bait to get people to click on their videos.
by Spodermen2121 z February 18, 2017
Click-bait is something that someone uses a thing that usually to get someone attention. After they clicked it's not what they wanted. Common on Youtube and ROBLOX. Click-bait titles most likely have a name like this: ''I ALMOST DIED'' or ''PRANKING IN THE HOOD (GONE WRONG)''. Those are things that never happen in the video. No one almost dies and no one pranks in the hood (usually actors). The other way people click-bait is when something happened in the video they make it look more dramatic on the thumbnail and the title. People also like to add sexual things to the thumbnail or title to grab peoples attention. For example: ''THE MOST HOTTEST GAME EVER'' It turns out to be some first-person shooter game. The other way people click-bait is they say a title but they don't finish it so you can get curious to click on the video. For example: ''WE NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING'' or ''WHO DID THIS TO ME?!''.
Click-bait sucks.
by DoIevencare? November 04, 2017
The act of intentionally doing something awkward, embarrassing, or shameful in order to provoke a reaction of 'cringe' from onlookers.
"Haha, I'm only wearing this Fortnite T-Shirt to cringe-bait these normies"
"Look at that guy Naruto running through the store. He is probably cringe-baiting us"
"Look at that guy Naruto running through the store. He is probably cringe-baiting us"
by epic_style November 18, 2020
When someone says something intriguing about a show/movie/book that makes you want to search it up and spoil it for yourself.
Person 1: “damn I really like this character”
Person 2: “ooo good luck with that, something really wild happens to them in the next season!”
Person 1: *searched it up because person 2 was spoiler baiting them*
Person 2: “ooo good luck with that, something really wild happens to them in the next season!”
Person 1: *searched it up because person 2 was spoiler baiting them*
by EsorRemmus April 30, 2020
Dude you're such clown bait
by Tye Gordon Gillis November 11, 2017
ok queer bait.
by the come goblin December 06, 2021
by bruhthisismyhandle August 19, 2021