name
Meaning 1
A video-sharing social media platform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Douyin
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
TikTok
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
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.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɪkˌtɒk/
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General-American: /ˈtɪkˌtɑk/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
noun
Meaning 2
A small video that can be viewed online, particularly one hosted on TikTok.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, neologism
Examples
- How are these vaccine TikToks fooling so many people?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A TikTok account.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To upload a video of something to TikTok.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To search for and view on TikTok.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From tick-tock.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ՏիկՏոկ (TikTok) — app
- Chinese Mandarin: 抖音 (Dǒuyīn) — app
- Chinese Mandarin: 洋抖 (Yángdǒu) — app
- Georgian: ტიკტოკი (ṭiḳṭoḳi) — app
- German: TikTok — app
- German: Tiktok — app
- Hindi: टिकटॉक (ṭikṭŏk) — app
- Japanese: ティックトック (Tikkutokku) — app
- Korean: 틱톡 (Tiktok) — app
- Polish: TikTok — app
- Portuguese: TikTok — app
- Portuguese: Tico e Teco — app
- Russian: ТикТо́к (TikTók) — app
- Thai: ติ๊กต็อก — app
- Tigrinya: ቲክቶክ (tiktok) — app
- Ukrainian: ТікТо́к (TikTók) — app
- Vietnamese: TikTok — app
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