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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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Engelsman and Holland are an already established double act as the presenters of Throttle House, a motoring YouTube channel with more than three million subscribers.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Paloma Lima, a 29-year-old influencer and fan of Russian literature, told AFP that young TikTok users came to her YouTube channel after reading "White Nights."

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Mann, 42, started making YouTube content in 2018 under the Dhar Mann Studios banner, centered around morality and motivational videos.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Changliu Liu, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, has a YouTube failbot compilation she likes to show students.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Who can resist the chance to be on one of the most popular channels on YouTube?

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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

Speaking to Fox Sports, Tyson said Paul - who rose to fame by posting videos online - has come "a long way from YouTubing".

From BBC Apr. 3, 2024

He’s been playing since the 2005 Madden, but more crucially, YouTubing since the 2018 Madden.

From The Verge Feb. 9, 2022

Mayweather, of course, knows the Paul brand well, having fought Jake’s fellow YouTubing brother Logan in Miami in June.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2021

From there, it’s a simple sidestep to YouTubing old McDonaldland commercials.

From Slate Dec. 30, 2020

“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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