Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gaybait
Participle: gaybaited
Gerund: gaybaiting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gaybait |
| you | gaybait |
| he;she;it | gaybaits |
| we | gaybait |
| you | gaybait |
| they | gaybait |
Perfect
| I | have gaybaited |
| you | have gaybaited |
| he;she;it | has gaybaited |
| we | have gaybaited |
| you | have gaybaited |
| they | have gaybaited |
Past
| I | gaybaited |
| you | gaybaited |
| he;she;it | gaybaited |
| we | gaybaited |
| you | gaybaited |
| they | gaybaited |
Pluperfect
| I | had gaybaited |
| you | had gaybaited |
| he;she;it | had gaybaited |
| we | had gaybaited |
| you | had gaybaited |
| they | had gaybaited |
Future
| I | will gaybait |
| you | will gaybait |
| he;she;it | will gaybait |
| we | will gaybait |
| you | will gaybait |
| they | will gaybait |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gaybaited |
| you | will have gaybaited |
| he;she;it | will have gaybaited |
| we | will have gaybaited |
| you | will have gaybaited |
| they | will have gaybaited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gaybait |
| you | gaybait |
| he;she;it | gaybait |
| we | gaybait |
| you | gaybait |
| they | gaybait |
Perfect
| I | have gaybaited |
| you | have gaybaited |
| he;she;it | have gaybaited |
| we | have gaybaited |
| you | have gaybaited |
| they | have gaybaited |
Imperfect
| I | gaybaited |
| you | gaybaited |
| he;she;it | gaybaited |
| we | gaybaited |
| you | gaybaited |
| they | gaybaited |
Pluperfect
| I | had gaybaited |
| you | had gaybaited |
| he;she;it | had gaybaited |
| we | had gaybaited |
| you | had gaybaited |
| they | had gaybaited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gaybait |
| you | would gaybait |
| he;she;it | would gaybait |
| we | would gaybait |
| you | would gaybait |
| they | would gaybait |
Perfect
| I | would have gaybaited |
| you | would have gaybaited |
| he;she;it | would have gaybaited |
| we | would have gaybaited |
| you | would have gaybaited |
| they | would have gaybaited |
Imperative
| you | gaybait |
| we | Let's gaybait |
| you | gaybait |
Verbs conjugated like 'gaybait'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gaybait'
gambit,
await,
babbit,
bait,
daypart,
daysail,
gait,
gallant,
gambado,
garbage,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From gay + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).
Sample Sentences
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Criticism of the sodomy law by successful gubernatorial candidate Ann Richards led to gay-baiting by her opponents, who claimed gay activists had named her an "honorary lesbian." [1990 December 16, David Morris, “Judge Strikes Down Texas Sodomy Law”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 15:]
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In addition to gay-baiting fascists and fascist-baiting homosexuals, currents of [Soviet] officialdom also used epithets of "effeminacy" and "effete" homosexuality to label elements of the old ruling class and to help build the image of the proletarian society and its soldiers as hypermasculine. [2004 October 7, Leslie Feinberg, “Can a homosexual be a member of the Communist Party?”, in Workers World:]
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It’s possible, we suppose, that former Rep. Darrell Issa didn’t realize his TV ad attacking a GOP rival, Carl DeMaio, in the 50th Congressional District primary race could be seen as gay-baiting. The ad, ostensibly about DeMaio’s stance on immigration and President Trump, includes two gratuitous references to the fact that DeMaio is gay. [2020 January 29, “Editorial: Darrell Issa’s shameful gay-baiting attack ads are the worst kind of time warp”, in Los Angeles Times:]