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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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Good Good Golf sells apparel, but it also has a digital-media brand and YouTube channel that features golf challenges and lifestyle golf content.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

At the same time as announcing the settlement, Meta called on TikTok and YouTube to bring in the same measures.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

He took photos and made a video of his visit on YouTube.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

As a devout Catholic, he has nine children, each of whom recently appeared in a YouTube series following his family’s road trip across America to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

My love for Mike started when I saw a YouTube video of the first time he performed “Billie Jean.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

He installed it on the curb outside, admitting he’d YouTubed the process for my make and model, just to be sure he had all the right parts.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2020

What was your first reaction after you first, I assume, YouTubed him?

From New York Times Nov. 1, 2019

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 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

So if you have any time in the next week, do what I did and just spend time YouTubing clips of Norm and Conan, because it just doesn’t get better than that.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2021

Awarded a point for each anecdote correctly identified as true or false, Macron and the YouTubing duo ended up tied with four points each.

From Seattle Times May 23, 2021

“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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