Youtube
name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Any website that allows users to upload content, particularly YouTube itself. countable
"None of this is to suggest that academic libraries should turn their websites into a YouTube or Facebook in which our user communities would create all the content,[…]"
- 2 Misspelling of YouTube. alt-of, misspelling
- 3 A small video that can be viewed online, particularly one hosted on YouTube. countable, informal
"Then it's a YouTube of some kid trying to play "Radar Love" on a cheap guitar using only his feet,[…]"
- 4 A YouTube channel. countable
"National Theatre at Home also unveiled titles for the remainder of its season, which continues to release streams every Thursday at 2 PM ET on its YouTube, with productions remaining on demand through noon ET the following Thursday."
- 1 To upload a video of something to YouTube. transitive
"The revolution will not be televised. It will be YouTubed."
- 2 To search for and view on YouTube. transitive
"Inquiry elicited that he was a pop singer. I YouTubed him, revealing another ghastly microphone-gripping, anguished nasal wailer."
- 3 To upload or watch videos on YouTube. intransitive
- 1 A video-sharing website.
"Anthony just subscribed to someone on YouTube a day ago."
- 2 Collectively, the users of YouTube; especially the content creator's viewers.
"Hi, how's it going YouTube! Sorry I wasn't able to upload a video last week!"
Example
More examples"YouTube videos are very meaningless."
Etymology
A website name (from you + tube (“North American colloquial term for television”)) implying that users (you) may submit their own television (tube) content.
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