verb
- use the WhatsApp to message
Wiktionary
name
Etymology: Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark.
- An instant messaging service founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook in 2014.
“He spends half of his day chatting to people on WhatsApp.”
“Like many people, in the pandemic, my life digitized. My work shifted online; my friendships retreated onto FaceTime and WhatsApp; I used a dating app for the first time; I started doing online yoga.”
noun
Etymology: Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark.
- A message sent via WhatsApp.
“A WhatsApp buzzed through.”
“Fourteen iMessages, six WhatsApps, and two missed calls. She frowned, confused by the list of names appearing. She wasn't that popular.”
- An account or number on WhatsApp.
“Can I get your WhatsApp?”
verb
Etymology: Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark.
- To contact (someone) via WhatsApp.
- To send (something) via WhatsApp to (someone).
“People often say pooping is taboo, but lately it seems more like a cultural fetish. There are poop emoji birthday parties for three-year-olds, people WhatsApping photos of their ordure to friends, TripAdvisor threads on how to avoid or avail yourself of squat toilets.”
“And no one sends emails like that anymore because now we’re all just doing what, obviously, everyone does, is WhatsApping each other short little things.”