[feys-boo k] /ˈfeɪsˌbʊk/
Trademark.
1.
the brand name of a service and website, launched in 2004.
verb (used with object)
2.
to communicate with (a person) or search for information about (a person) by using Facebook: My old boyfriend just Facebooked me.
His future employer Facebooked him and decided to withdraw the job offer.
3.
to post on Facebook: I facebooked some photos of my cat.
You should Facebook the event so more people will show up.
verb (used without object)
4.
to use Facebook:
Does your mom Facebook?
/ˈfeɪsˌbʊk/
noun trademark
1.
a popular social networking website
verb
2.
(transitive; sometimes not capital) to search for (a person’s profile) on the Facebook website
noun
a school yearbook
Usage Note
informal
n.
directory listing names and headshots, by 1983, originally U.S. college students, from face (n.) + book. The social networking Web site dates from 2004.
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