verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix. Internet, informal, transitive

   "He used to Netflix for 5 hours a day."

Example

More examples

"Netflix is now available in Europe."

Etymology

From the company name Netflix, founded in 1997, probably from Net (“the Internet”) + flix, an alteration of flicks (“films, movies”).

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