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Netflix

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: N EH1 T F L IH0 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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verb

Meaning 1

To watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, informal, transitive

Examples

  • He used to Netflix for 5 hours a day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the company name Netflix, founded in 1997, probably from Net (“the Internet”) + flix, an alteration of flicks (“films, movies”).

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: netflixer — to watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix
  • Hungarian: netflixezik — to watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix
  • Thai: เน็ตฟลิกซ์ (nèt-flíks, nét-flìk) — to watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix
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