Dictionary

vidchat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɪdˌt͡ʃæt/

Etymology

From vid + chat.

Meanings

1. A videocall, especially a casual one.
   • After school, Payton started a vidchat with the cute boy from his printmaking class.
   • If you're comfortable with this, I'd rather not go on and on texting...I'd prefer to maybe do a low-stakes pandemic phone call or vidchat. How's that sound? 2020 May 25, Michael Stahl, “Help! I think I'm falling in love over Zoom”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2020:
   • Towards the end of the issue, we see Billy and Kimberly on a vidchat with their friends Jason, Trini, and Zack. 2019 June 27, Matthew Aguilar, “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Reveals Major Change To Rangers”, in Comic Book, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2020:
   • At a table near the window, with a view of downtown DC, Pierce had his laptop open and was ready for Wilson to come on the line for vidchat. 2010, Sigmund Brouwer, Flight of Shadows, Crown Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 55:

Forms

vidchat en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɪdˌt͡ʃæt/

Etymology

From vid + chat.

Meanings

1. To engage in a videocall.
   • This is all good news because who doesn't want their high school nemesis vidchatting in the middle of the workday to ask for money for your five-year reunion? 2015 April 28, Tess Koman, “You Can Video Chat People From Facebook Messenger Now”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2016:
   • We met online, exchanged pics, exchanged fantasies (mostly mine), exchanged racy pics (mostly hers), chatted, vidchatted. Then maybe vidchatted some more. 2013 April 9, Ska Hammer, “How I Came to Have My Own Panties”, in Crasstalk, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018:
   • So far, we've only texted. I've never talked to him on the phone, and we've certainly never vidchatted. 2020, Aron Lewes, The Darker Ages, Self-published, →ISBN, Chapter 16:
   • We vidchatted and shared makeup looks until I got sleepy.

Forms

Hyponyms

skype · facetime

Synonyms

vidcall · videocall