vidchat

noun, verb — 2 senses

vidchat

noun

/ˈvɪdˌt͡ʃæt/

Etymology From vid + chat.

1

A videocall, especially a casual one.

  • After school, Payton started a vidchat with the cute boy from his printmaking class.
  • At a table near the window, with a view of downtown DC, Pierce had his laptop open and was ready for Wilson to come on the line for vidchat.2010, Sigmund Brouwer, Flight of Shadows, Crown Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 55:
2 more examples
  • Towards the end of the issue, we see Billy and Kimberly on a vidchat with their friends Jason, Trini, and Zack.2019 June 27, Matthew Aguilar, “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Reveals Major Change To Rangers”, in Comic Book, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2020:
  • If you're comfortable with this, I'd rather not go on and on texting...I'd prefer to maybe do a low-stakes pandemic phone call or vidchat. How's that sound?2020 May 25, Michael Stahl, “Help! I think I'm falling in love over Zoom”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2020:

vidchat

verb

Etymology From vid + chat.

1

To engage in a videocall.

  • We vidchatted and shared makeup looks until I got sleepy.
  • We met online, exchanged pics, exchanged fantasies (mostly mine), exchanged racy pics (mostly hers), chatted, vidchatted. Then maybe vidchatted some more.2013 April 9, Ska Hammer, “How I Came to Have My Own Panties”, in Crasstalk, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018:
2 more examples
  • This is all good news because who doesn't want their high school nemesis vidchatting in the middle of the workday to ask for money for your five-year reunion?2015 April 28, Tess Koman, “You Can Video Chat People From Facebook Messenger Now”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2016:
  • So far, we've only texted. I've never talked to him on the phone, and we've certainly never vidchatted.2020, Aron Lewes, The Darker Ages, Self-published, →ISBN, Chapter 16:
Synonyms
vidcall, videocall
Hyponyms
facetime, skype

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