Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

redbait

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: red-bait
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To attack by denouncing as a Communist.

American usage; Transitive verb

noun

A fish, Emmelichthys nitidus

noun

Pyura stolonifera, an ascidian often used as bait by anglers.

Example Sentences

"While Jack Kennedy thrived in the 1950s as a sex-crazed, drug-dependent, ailment-ridden party-boy politician, Bobby, the family’s complicated sourpuss, hooked up with the redbaiting Joe McCarthy, then spun off as a crusading and corners-cutting scourge of labor corruption."

Etymology

From red + bait.

Usage

American usage
Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

redbaits (present, singular) redbaiting (participle, present) redbaited (participle, past) redbaited (past) red-bait (alternative)

Questions

What does redbait mean?: To attack by denouncing as a Communist.
Where does redbait come from?: From red + bait.

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