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WhatsApp

name

Etymology

Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark.

  1. borrowed from App
  2. compounded as whatsapp — “what's up + app”

Definitions

  1. An instant messaging service founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook in 2014.

    • He spends half of his day chatting to people on WhatsApp.
    • Like many people, in the pandemic, my life digitized. My work shifted online; my friendships retreated onto FaceTime and WhatsApp; I used a dating app for the first time; I started doing online yoga.

  2. A message sent via WhatsApp.

    • A WhatsApp buzzed through.

  3. An account or number on WhatsApp.

    • Can I get your WhatsApp?
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To contact (someone) via WhatsApp.

    2. To send (something) via WhatsApp.

    3. Alternative letter-case form of WhatsApp.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for WhatsApp. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA