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Wiki

//ˈwɪki// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun

1
Abbreviation of Wikipedia. abbreviation, alt-of, proscribed
"Wiki is where I go to research facts about Asian culture."

Noun

1
A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.
"He spent time editing articles on the wiki."

Verb

1
To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki. intransitive, transitive
"To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one."
2
To contribute to a wiki. intransitive
"Blogging, wiki-ing, coding are all activities that generate authorial product."
3
To participate in the wiki-based production of. transitive
"The history of wikied novels isn't pretty (Penguin Books never published the gobbledygook that was "A Million Penguins"), and no one has dared wiki a jazz song."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwikider. English wiki First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

Etymology 2

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