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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Which is how Gaffigan ended up riffing on “unicorns” and “the decidedly divorced-dad energy” of liquor stores for 45 minutes on YouTube, where he recently self-released “The Bourbon Set” for free.

From The Wall Street Journal

Johnson, who creates model train content on YouTube, has had his fair share of wildlife sightings.

From Los Angeles Times

YouTube was added, despite the government's suggestion that it would be exempt so that children could watch lessons online.

From Barron's

She had seen some of Watt's YouTube videos at the protests and described him as "a hypocrite".

From BBC

Aspinall said has not heard from Gane since the fight and acknowledged in an update on his YouTube channel, external he might surgery.

From BBC

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