- noun
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- food or imitation food put on a hook to catch fish or placed in nets, traps, etc to attract prey [Barron]
- verb
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- entice, lure, to attack in speech or writing as by derision or insult; to gall or exasperate by repeated wanton attacks [Taisha]
- harass; tease; torment [Nandigam]
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