What does "jebait" mean?

An instance of jebaiting; a trick or prank.

What is a synonym for "jebait"?

Common synonyms include: mess with, troll.

noun, verb

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Noun

1
An instance of jebaiting; a trick or prank. countable
"And once Nvidia had made its move with the RTX Super cards just ahead of the Navi launch AMD "made the appropriate move not only to deposition their Super series," says Herkelman, "but also to log jam their 2060 and 2070. Because we knew that they're having slower success, and we wanted to do a double Jebait.""
2
The process or act of jebaiting. uncountable
"I messed up, don't know what to say except sorry to the community, my fans and ATL. It wasn't jebait, sometimes I have these days and make dumb mistakes."

Verb

1
To manipulate or trick, especially in a benign and light-hearted way. Internet
"My viewer base likes to jebait me."

"My viewer base likes to jebait me."

Blend of Jebailey + bait, popularized by the "Jebaited" Twitch emote added in 2016 which depicts Alex Jebailey with an amused expression.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.