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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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A YouTube spokesman said that creators and brands must comply with legal obligations, and if they don’t, YouTube may take action against them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

"I learned to tie a bow tie by watching a tutorial on YouTube," says Crawford.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

Because the films were made by creators who speak to younger viewers daily on YouTube, he said, that generation “feels like they’re being spoken to.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

Patrick Ceresna, the founder and chief derivative market strategist at Big Picture Trading, highlighted how the dollar is pushing up against major resistance levels in several currencies, on his YouTube channel Thursday,.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026

I mean, I keep trying anyway, mostly for the Life Experience, but also because I highly doubt Lin-Manuel Miranda stayed in his dorm all night watching YouTube and throwing away his shot.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

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