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YouTube

American  
[yoo-toob, -tyoob] / ˈyuˌtub, -ˌtyub /
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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“Every creator wants to work with the brands,” said Sam Beres, who goes by Sambucha to his millions of followers on YouTube and TikTok.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

The stream began on 17 April on YouTube and finished on Sunday evening.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Conservative opposition leader Pierre Poilievre said Canadians need more than assurances on YouTube.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Along the way, the YouTube livestream is becoming something closer to a central version of Coachella itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

To attract more followers to his YouTube channel.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman