Skype

verb

ˈskīp 

Skyped; Skyping also Skypeing; Skypes

transitive + intransitive

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

On Wednesday … Swift Skyped her pal from "halfway around the world" and sent out a message of love via Instagram … .

—Ashley Iasimone

And you may be simultaneously clicking a hyperlink to the last "Colbert Report," I.M.-ing with friends and Skyping with your sweetheart.

—Alison Gopnik

Word History

First Known Use

2003, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Skype

• gripe
• hype
• lipe
• pipe
• ripe
• sipe
• snipe
• stipe
• stripe
• strype
• swipe
• tripe