Tiktok

//ˈtɪkˌtɒk// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small video that can be viewed online, particularly one hosted on TikTok. informal, neologism

    "How are these vaccine TikToks fooling so many people?"

  2. 2
    A TikTok account. informal

    "“Are there any volunteers who would like to make their first video in front of everybody?” The first person who raised his hand was a dad in his late forties who had been a participant in our training school. I remember this guy because earlier in the training he had told me that his son had told him, “Dad, whatever you do, don’t start a TikTok.”"

Verb
  1. 1
    To upload a video of something to TikTok. neologism, transitive

    "There’s nothing worse, after all, than male mutton dressed as lamb; or an old-style peacock dressed like a TikTok-ing Gen Z."

  2. 2
    To search for and view on TikTok. neologism, transitive
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A video-sharing social media platform.

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Example

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"The video app TikTok has become the world’s most downloaded app."

Etymology

From tick-tock.

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