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Skype
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skype
English
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.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Skype.wav US
Proper noun
en trademark A telecommunications application by Skype Technologies.
Derived terms
en Skypey
Verb
+ +,~ing
en skype.
en Brent Peterson; April Maher The Complete Idiot’s Guide to RVing 3rd w:Alpha Books 2012 978-1-101-58911-3 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.
en w:Mary Higgins Clark Daddy’s Gone A Hunting w:Pocket Books 2013 49 978-1-4516-6895-7 He planned on Skypeing with his mother regularly.
en Suri Rosen Playing with Matches w:ECW Press 2014 978-1-77041-182-1 When they weren’t busy flying back and forth between Toronto and New York, they were either calling, texting, or Skypeing each other.
en 2020 Gordon Korman Notorious 93 Ronnie appears. "Sweetie—glad you could make it!" I grimace. "Next time my mom Skypes in, remind me to kick you out."
Anagrams
en ekpsy kypes pesky pykes
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