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wiki

noun

  1. type of website that visitors can easily and quickly edit
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪki/ / /ˈwiːki/ / /ˈwɪkɪj/

name

  1. Abbreviation of Wikipedia.

    Wiki is where I go to research facts about Asian culture.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwikider. English wiki First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

  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.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwikider. English wiki First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

  1. To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.

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

    I tore through his collection wikiing any plot points that I missed learning the importance of the players of the DC universe

  2. To contribute to a wiki.

    Blogging, wiki-ing, coding are all activities that generate authorial product.

    The best way to start wiki-ing is to find an existing wiki (that is, a hosted wiki) and start adding to it.

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

    The history of wikied novels isn't pretty (Penguin Books never published the gobbledygook that was "A Million Penguins"), and no one has dared wiki a jazz song.