facebook
see also: Facebook
Pronunciation
  • enPR: ʹfās'bo͝ok, IPA: /ˈfeɪsˌbʊk/
Noun

facebook (plural facebooks)

  1. A reference book or electronic directory made up of individuals’ photographs and names.
  2. A college publication distributed at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students get to know each other better.
    The shipment of facebooks will be distributed to the freshmen during orientation and move-in-week.
Synonyms
  • (a book containing pictures of faces) mug book
Translations Translations
  • Spanish: libro de caras
Verb

facebook (facebooks, present participle facebooking; past and past participle facebooked)

  1. Alternative form of Facebook
Related terms
Facebook
Pronunciation
  • (British, America) enPR: fāsʹ-bo͝ok, IPA: /ˈfeɪs.bʊk/
Proper noun
  1. (trademark) A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or "friends", exchange messages, and post updates.
Synonyms
  • FB (abbreviation)
Translations
  • French: (internet slang) Fessebouc, Facebook
  • German: Facebook (no gender)
  • Portuguese: Facebook
  • Russian: Фе́йсбук
  • Spanish: Facebook
Noun

facebook (plural facebooks)

  1. A personal web profile on the Facebook social-networking site.
    • 2015 March 27, “To the Well-Intentioned but Ignorant Parents of Teenagers.”[https://web.archive.org/web/20160216211258/https://cutestpkever.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/to-the-well-intentioned-but-ignorant-parents-of-teenagers/], Kayla Nicole's Blog, at cutestpkever.wordpress.com:
      You might have a Facebook. So do I. And so does my mom and my grandma and all of her friends. But you know who doesn’t have a Facebook? Your kid’s friends.
Verb

facebook (facebooks, present participle facebooking; past and past participle facebooked)

  1. (intransitive) To use the social-networking site Facebook.
  2. (transitive) To send a message or leave a comment on Facebook.
    Facebook me the details later.
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