See also: whatsapp
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark.
Proper noun edit
- An instant messaging service founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook in 2014.
- 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times[1]:
- 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.
Synonyms edit
- (abbreviation): (Hong Kong) WTS
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Translations edit
messaging service
Noun edit
WhatsApp (plural WhatsApps)
- A message sent by WhatsApp.
Translations edit
message
Verb edit
WhatsApp (third-person singular simple present WhatsApps, present participle WhatsApping, simple past and past participle WhatsApped)
- (transitive) To contact via WhatsApp.
- (transitive) To send via WhatsApp.
- 2018, Alex Blasdel, “Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo”, in Guardian[2]:
- People often say pooping is taboo, but lately it seems more like a cultural fetish. There are poop emoji birthday parties for three-year-olds, people WhatsApping photos of their ordure to friends, TripAdvisor threads on how to avoid or avail yourself of squat toilets.
Translations edit
to contact via WhatsApp
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German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Short for WhatsApp-Nachricht
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Noun edit
WhatsApp f (genitive WhatsApp, plural WhatsApps)
Declension edit
Declension of WhatsApp [feminine]
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English WhatsApp.
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Proper noun edit
WhatsApp m (invariable)
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