Tiktok
name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 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 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.”"
- 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 To search for and view on TikTok. neologism, transitive
- 1 A video-sharing social media platform.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"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.