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wiki.

A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwɪki//ˈwiːki//ˈwɪkɪj/British, Southern, Standard

  1. A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

    He spent time editing articles on the wiki.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwiki Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English WikiWikiWebclip. English wiki First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

verb/ˈwɪki//ˈwiːki//ˈwɪkɪj/British, Southern, Standard

  1. To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.

    intransitive · transitive
    To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.

  2. To contribute to a wiki.

    intransitive

  3. To participate in the wiki-based production of.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwiki Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English WikiWikiWebclip. English wiki First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

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