whois

English

Pronunciation

• (UK English) IPA^(key): /ˈhuːˌɪz/

Noun

whois (usually uncountable, plural whoises)

1. (Internet) The WHOIS protocol or service.

Verb

whois (third-person singular simple present whoises, present participle whoising, simple past and past participle whoised)

1. (Internet, transitive) To look up using a whois protocol.

   We whoised the domain to find out who was sending the spam.

   • 2003, Joel, “Re: A whois addon”, in alt.irc.dalnet (Usenet):

     That seems to be an undocumented feature, but makes perfect sense. Of course, that wouldn't prevent you from whoising 20 people at once, which could be a problem.

Anagrams

• whios

Middle English

Pronoun

whois

1. (chiefly Late Middle English) Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)