Skype

proper nounverbattested in dialogue

United States

A telecommunications application by Skype Technologies.

proper noun

1
A telecommunications application by Skype Technologies.

Etymology

From Sky peer-to-peer, which was then abbreviated to Skyper. However, some of the domain names associated with Skyper were already taken. Dropping the final r left the current title Skype, for which domain names were available.

verb

1
Variant of skypeAlternative letter-case form of skype.
Online banking, auto bill paying, emailing, texting, social networking, and Skypeing with friends and loved ones has never been easier and makes keeping in touch a breeze.
He planned on Skypeing with his mother regularly.
When they weren’t busy flying back and forth between Toronto and New York, they were either calling, texting, or Skypeing each other.

Forms

past tense: Skyped
past participle: Skyped
present participle: Skyping, Skypeing
third person singular: Skypes

Sky · A surname.Skye · A female given name transferred from the place name, of…skype · To make (a telephone call) using Skype software.

Skype · A telecommunications application by Skype Technologies.

slab · A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is…slack · The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon…Slack · A surname.

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