Skype

See also: 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

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Proper noun

Skype

1. (trademark) A telecommunications application by Skype Technologies.
2. (trademark) The company Skype Technologies that develops telecommunications software.

Verb

Skype (third-person singular simple present Skypes, present participle Skyping or Skypeing, simple past and past participle Skyped)

1. Alternative letter-case form of skype
   • 2012, Brent Peterson, April Maher, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to RVing, 3rd edition, Alpha Books, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2013, Mary Higgins Clark, Daddy’s Gone A Hunting, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 49:

     He planned on Skypeing with his mother regularly.

   • 2014, Suri Rosen, Playing with Matches, ECW Press, →ISBN:

     When they weren’t busy flying back and forth between Toronto and New York, they were either calling, texting, or Skypeing each other.

Anagrams

• kypes, pesky, pykes