FaceTime

verb

Face·​Time ˈfās-ˌtīm 

variants also Facetime

FaceTimed also Facetimed; FaceTiming also Facetiming; FaceTimes also Facetimes

transitive + intransitive

: to use the FaceTime service to make calls (see call entry 2 sense 8) with enabled video support

The comedian, 43, said he's been keeping in close contact with best pal Adele, 32, as the pair have been constantly FaceTiming each other from opposite ends of the world.

—Nika Shakhnazarova

They Facetimed during labor, and she laughs as she recalls he urged her to make things go faster so he could see the birth, but to no avail.

—Susan Bromley

Word History

First Known Use

2000, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for FaceTime

• aforetime
• allozyme
• anytime
• christmastime
• cybercrime
• dinnertime
• guggenheim
• isozyme
• lysozyme
• maritime
• mesenchyme
• overtime