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see also: Wiki

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1995. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki + English web. Pronunciation

• enPR wĭʹkē, IPA: /ˈwɪki/, /ˈwiːki/

Noun

wiki (plural wikis)

1. A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.

Translations

• French: wiki
• German: Wiki
• Italian: wiki
• Portuguese: wiki
• Russian: ви́ки
• Spanish: wiki

Verb

wiki (wikis, present participle wikiing; past and past participle wikied)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.

   To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.

2. (intransitive) To contribute to a wiki.
3. (transitive) To participate in the wiki-based production of.

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Wiki

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Proper noun

1. (proscribed) Abbreviation of Wikipedia#English|Wikipedia.

   Wiki is where I go to research my brain medicines.

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