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YouTube

American  
[yoo-toob, -tyoob] / ˈjuˌtub, -ˌtjub /
Trademark.
  1. a brand name for a website on which users can post, view, or share videos.


verb (used with or without object)

YouTubed, YouTubing
  1. to post, view, or share (a video) on the YouTube website.

YouTube British  
/ ˈjuːˌtjuːb /

noun

  1. a website on which subscribers can post video files

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to post (a video file) on the YouTube website

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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YouTube has weighed bundling the product in its ad-free YouTube Premium service, which starts at $15.99 a month and includes access to music and videos, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The streaming platform has struggled to maintain growth and customer engagement as it faces increasing competition from YouTube and other streamers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

He or she then makes 30 to 60-second clips of what they consider to be the best bit or bits, and uploads them to Instagram, YouTube, TikTok or other platforms.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Oscars are headed to YouTube in 2029, as ABC passed on renewing its rights deal, ending a relationship that dates back to 1961, interrupted only by a five-year return to NBC in the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

“Just be sure to mute the YouTube video before we chat, so we don’t get feedback. Don’t worry about a thing, Mira.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Their footage, chopped up and YouTubed and GIFed and John Olivered, would be injected into the infinitely subdividing capillaries of social-media outrage in near real time.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2018

Before meeting on the first day of rehearsals, Blickenstaff and Hunton had Googled and YouTubed each other, so they had a sense of whom they would be harmonizing with.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2016

"I'm homeless, but I'm not here to cry," said Walter West, 62, one of many attendees who were live-streamed, blogged and YouTubed during the event.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2016

I YouTubed stuff, read a lot online, and figured out how to get the car running through trial and error.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2016

For the revolution is not only being televised, it’s being Facebooked, YouTubed, Instagrammed and tweeted, too.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2015

Or does he go it alone as a YouTubing content creator, who plays only majors to keep competitive juices flowing?

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

So if you have any time in the next week, do what I did and just spend time YouTubing clips of Norm and Conan, because it just doesn’t get better than that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2021

Awarded a point for each anecdote correctly identified as true or false, Macron and the YouTubing duo ended up tied with four points each.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2021

Some parents note that their children pretend to unbox toys to a nonexistent audience, and teachers report that their students often say they want to pursue YouTubing as a career.

From The Verge ● Jul. 16, 2018

“Just lie on that bed and calm down a bit. I won’t be nosy. I’m YouTubing anyway.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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