Bluetooth
verbUK /ˈbluː.tuːθ/ · US /ˈblu.tuθ/
Etymology From blue + tooth. Calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (compare modern Danish Blåtand). The networking standard is named after the king, since the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Networking, Physical sciences, Sciences Ambitransitive To transmit or communicate by Bluetooth.
- The widespread use of mobile phones which support free Bluetoothing has enabled promotional videos to be distributed virally between handsets.2009, Seema Gupta, Branding and Advertising, page 303:
- Everyone's bluetoothing each other the latest ring tones and pictures. Telling the most crazy stories ever.2010, Katie Taylor, Confessions of a Teenager: The Diaries of Three Troubled Teens, page 92: