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skyping

skyping is the present participle and gerund of skype.

Meaning of skype

Verb

skype (third-person singular simple present skypes, present participle skyping or skypeing, simple past and past participle skyped)

  1. (transitive) To make (a telephone call) using Skype software.
  2. (transitive) To send (a message or file) with Skype.
  3. (ambitransitive) To contact (a person) via Skype.
    • I'll skype you tomorrow. We can skype for a couple of hours.

See all 4 meanings of skype

Verb capitalized: Skyping

Skyping

  1. (gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of Skype

Questions about skyping

What is skyping the present participle and gerund of?
Skyping is the present participle and gerund of skype.
What part of speech is skyping?
Skyping is a verb.

Words near skyping in the dictionary

  1. SkyPesos
  2. Skypey
  3. skyphoi
  4. skyphomancy
  5. skyphos
  6. skyping
  7. skyport
  8. skyports
  9. skypunch
  10. skypunches
  11. skyquake

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skyping (page history and authors); Skyping (page history and authors); skype (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.

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