noun
Napster
noun
1
A website or service that lets people share files, especially music, for free.
"By the early 2000s, several Napster-style sites had sprung up."
verb
1
To download or share files as if using Napster.
"Back in college, everyone was napstering songs off their dorm network."
How to Use Napster
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishOriginally the name of the pioneering music file-sharing service; now sometimes used generically for illegal file swapping.
Word Forms
Napstered past tense, Napsters plural, Napsters singular
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Etymology
Named after the file-sharing service Napster, itself named after founder Shawn Fanning's nickname, which referred to his curly ("nappy") hair.