noun
wiki
WIH-kihy
noun
1
A website that visitors can edit directly through their browser, usually built up collaboratively.
"The team keeps all their project notes on an internal wiki."
"Anyone can add or correct an entry on the wiki."
verb
1
To look something up on a wiki, especially Wikipedia.
"I'll just wiki it to check the release date."
How to Use Wiki
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA collaboratively editable website, or informally, to look something up online.
Common pairings
company wiki
wiki page
just wiki it
Word Forms
wikied past tense, wikis plural, wikis singular
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Etymology
From Hawaiian wikiwiki ("quick"), shortened from "WikiWikiWeb," the name of the first wiki software created in 1995.