Wiki

//ˈwɪki// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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. 2
    To contribute to a wiki. intransitive

    "Blogging, wiki-ing, coding are all activities that generate authorial product."

  3. 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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Wikipedia. abbreviation, alt-of, proscribed

    "Wiki is where I go to research facts about Asian culture."

Example

More examples

"I am going to explain it completely on the wiki."

Etymology

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.

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