wiki

Etymology

1995. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

noun

1. A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.

verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.
   To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.
   I tore through his collection wikiing any plot points that I missed learning the importance of the players of the DC universe December 1, 2008, GeekDad, “Son of a Geek: Comics and Growing Up the DC Way”, in Wired News
   Her English is no better than my Portuguese, but I wikied 'influenza' in Portuguese and it came up with 'gripe' 18 June 2009, Lizz Holmans, “Janus”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet)
   I did research on the internet and found out so. I “wikied” it. 2010, Noemi Gonzalez, Journey, page 65
2. (intransitive) To contribute to a wiki.
   Blogging, wiki-ing, coding are all activities that generate authorial product. 2006, Deptford Tv, Deptford.TV Diaries, page 73
   The best way to start wiki-ing is to find an existing wiki (that is, a hosted wiki) and start adding to it. 2007, Dan Woods, Peter Thoeny, Wikis for dummies, page 17
   For example, blog and wiki software can be used to support all sorts of activities that are not commonly associated with the activities of “blogging” or “wikiing.” This includes activities like sharing syllabi, publishing announcements 2008, Robert E. Cummings, Matt Barton, Wiki writing: collaborative learning in the college classroom, page 46
3. (transitive) To participate in the wiki-based production of.
   The history of wikied novels isn't pretty (Penguin Books never published the gobbledygook that was "A Million Penguins"), and no one has dared wiki a jazz song. October 19, 2009, “Cooking Consensus: Will Wiki Work in the Kitchen?”, in Time, archived from the original on 2011-06-04