wiki meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

wiki

noun

UK /ˈwɪkɪj/ · /ˈwɪki/

Etymology First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

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

Derived terms: 43 terms
reception wiki, Wikiholism, Wikimania, wiki page, Wikipedist, Wiktionarian, Wiktionary, interwiki, off-wiki, on-wiki, subwiki, The Other Wiki, transwiki, wikian, wikibreak, wikicode, wiki crack, wiki farm, wikifarm, wikification, wikify, Wikiholic, wikiholic, wikilawyering, wikiless, wikilike, wikilink, wiki magic, wiki markup, wikiness, wikinomics, wikipage, wikiphobe, wikiphobia, wikiquette, wikisphere, wikistorming, wikitext, wikitime, wikitorial, wikiverse, wiki walk, Wiknic

verb

Etymology First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.

To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.
I tore through his collection wikiing any plot points that I missed learning the importance of the players of the DC universe2008 December 1, GeekDad, “Son of a Geek: Comics and Growing Up the DC Way”, in Wired News:

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Her English is no better than my Portuguese, but I wikied 'influenza' in Portuguese and it came up with 'gripe'2009 June 18, Lizz Holmans, “Janus”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet):
I did research on the internet and found out so. I “wikied” it.2010, Noemi Gonzalez, Journey, page 65:

To contribute to a wiki.

Blogging, wiki-ing, coding are all activities that generate authorial product.2006, Deptford Tv, Deptford.TV Diaries, page 73:
The best way to start wiki-ing is to find an existing wiki (that is, a hosted wiki) and start adding to it.2007, Dan Woods with Peter Thoeny, Wikis for dummies, page 17:

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For example, blog and wiki software can be used to support all sorts of activities that are not commonly associated with the activities of “blogging” or “wikiing.” This includes activities like sharing syllabi, publishing announcements2008, Robert E. Cummings with Matt Barton, Wiki writing: collaborative learning in the college classroom, page 46:

To participate in the wiki-based production of.

The history of wikied novels isn't pretty (Penguin Books never published the gobbledygook that was "A Million Penguins"), and no one has dared wiki a jazz song.2009 October 19, “Cooking Consensus: Will Wiki Work in the Kitchen?”, in Time, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2011: