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baited breath 

A fairly common misspelling of the phrase, "bated breath".
{In a small series of text messages between Josh & Mary in the same room}"
{Josh}: I'm sitting here with baited breath waiting for the postman!
{Mary}: What, have you been eating smelt or sushi or something? I don't smell fish!
baited breath by Telephony February 12, 2015

baited breath 

Someone who is antagonistic and seeks to disrupt waits with baited breath ready to cast out words that entice a haughty response for the purpose of further feeding more responses into a feeding frenzy of chaotic frustration and angst.
The internet troll waits for you with baited breath.
baited breath by HeyRay September 11, 2020

Baited Breath 

When you’re masturbating for auto erotic asphyxiation , and you actually find bait fish in your rod.
Wow, that baited breath was asphymazing.
Baited Breath by LeoSin February 15, 2023

waiting with baited breath 

What a cat does by eating cheese and then hiding silently near a mouse-hole for a furry varmint to come out looking for da source of da delicious aroma.
Garfield is shown to easily catch multiple mice --- i.e., one underneath each foot --- without even trying very hard, and so it's possible dat he was "waiting with baited breath", and so da mice just flocked to him. Or of course, it could also merely be dat said speedy specimens of omnivorous opportunity have learned by now dat said tubby tabby never actually eats da mice he catches or otherwise harms them in any way, and so they are less watchful 'n' wary around Jon's house than they might be in other people's domiciles where da resident felines actually may hunt said rodents for real.

bated breath 

Become shocked, in aw, or anxious.
Im waiting with bated breath for your answer.
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026