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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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The video, posted on Friday, teases the release of a longer YouTube video to come on Saturday, in which Vanessa and Kai Trump will discuss breast cancer awareness and prevention, Kai wrote in the caption.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

This A24 hit, based on a YouTube series that was inspired by a viral photo of an eerily yellow room, turns nostalgia into a nightmare.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

They maintained regular contact via Skype before Hila moved to Ethan’s college town of Santa Cruz, according to a 2017 video uploaded by the pair to their YouTube channel, h3h3Productions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

He has said he wants to help his two sons, Luke and Joshua, pursue professional careers, as well as develop his YouTube channel.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

I click on it and it takes me to the YouTube channel of the vlogger ReelTok.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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

Or does he go it alone as a YouTubing content creator, who plays only majors to keep competitive juices flowing?

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

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

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

From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2020

Some parents note that their children pretend to unbox toys to a nonexistent audience, and teachers report that their students often say they want to pursue YouTubing as a career.

From The Verge ● Jul. 16, 2018

“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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