English Explanatory Dictionary

redbait

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To attack by denouncing as a Communist.
noun
  1. A fish, Emmelichthys nitidus
  2. Pyura stolonifera, an ascidian often used as bait by anglers.

Word forms

redbait redbaits redbaiting redbaited red-bait

Etymology

From red + bait.

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