Netflix

Netflix verb: to watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix.

Verb

Netflix (third-person singular simple present Netflixes, present participle Netflixing, simple past and past participle Netflixed)

(Internet, informal, transitive) To watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix.
- He used to Netflix for 5 hours a day.
- We started with Buffy, which had us completely sucked in by the time Xander's buddies ate Principle Flutie. Then, after Netflixing Buffy all the way to the end, we started on Angel.2007, Lani Diane Rich, “Curse Your Sudden but Inevitable Betrayal”, in Jane Espenson, editor, Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe, BenBella Books, →ISBN, 108

வலைத்தொடர் விரும்பி

to watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix: เน็ตฟลิกซ์ nèt-flíks, nét-flìk

third-person singular present	Netflixes
present participle	Netflixing
past participle	Netflixed
past	Netflixed

From the company name Netflix, founded in 1997, probably from Net (“the Internet”) + flix, an alteration of flicks (“films, movies”).

What does Netflix mean?: Netflix means to watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix.
What is Netflix in Tamil?: Netflix in Tamil is வலைத்தொடர் விரும்பி. See Netflix meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Netflix?: Netflix is a verb.
What is the past tense of Netflix?: The past tense of Netflix is Netflixed.

Adapted from Wiktionary: Netflix (page history and authors); netflix (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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