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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Any website that facilitates free distribution of data.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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verb
To download from Napster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To upload to or as if to Napster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To shut down, especially for copyright infringement, as Napster was.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Named after Napster, a file-sharing system (not itself a website) that facilitated the copying of copyrighted MP3 audio files, itself named after a nickname of its creator Shawn Fanning, referring to his nappy-textured hair; hence nap + -ster.
