YouTube

American

[yoo-toob, -tyoob] / ˈyuˌtub, -ˌtyub /

Trademark.

a brand name for a website on which users can post, view, or share videos.

verb (used with or without object)

YouTubed, YouTubing

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

YouTube British

/ ˈjuːˌtjuːb /

noun

a website on which subscribers can post video files

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verb

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

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Example Sentences

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You couldn’t go to Tennis TV or YouTube and watch points or matches of your opponents.

From Los Angeles Times

Smith posted a video titled, “It’s been a minute” on his personal YouTube channel.

From Salon

YouTube is now the world’s largest media company, and it’s only getting bigger.

From MarketWatch

YouTube has been crowned the world’s largest media company, riding a years-long wave of user-generated videos — including millions of cat videos — to surge past even Walt Disney in revenue last year.

From MarketWatch

And the vast majority of YouTube content is now beamed by radio—riding scarce spectrum to the viewer’s phone, computer or flat screen.

From The Wall Street Journal

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