TikTok
UK/ˈtɪkˌtɒk//ˈtɪkˌtɑk/
TikTok proper noun: a video-sharing social media platform.
Proper noun
TikTok
- A video-sharing social media platform.
- Synonyms:
- Douyin
Noun
TikTok (plural TikToks)
- A small video that can be viewed online, particularly one hosted on TikTok.
- How are these vaccine TikToks fooling so many people?
- Imagine The Smiths or Joy Division making TikToks to promote their music. Think about Nick Cave or Joni Mitchell, and just imagine them negotiating with this bullshit.2025 June 14, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, quoting James Blake, “James Blake’s fight against ‘free music’”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12
- A TikTok account.
- “Are there any volunteers who would like to make their first video in front of everybody?” The first person who raised his hand was a dad in his late forties who had been a participant in our training school. I remember this guy because earlier in the training he had told me that his son had told...2022, Brian Barcelona, Don’t Scroll: Evangelism in the Digital Age, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Chosen Books, Baker Publishing Group, →ISBN
- If you’ve never been on TikTok, we don’t recommend you start a TikTok just to promote your campaign.2022, Carol Pinchefsky, quoting Oriana Leckert, Turn Your Fandom into Cash: A Geeky Guide to Turn Your Passion into a Business (or at Least a Side Hustle), Newburyport, Mass.: Career Press, Red...
Verb
TikTok (third-person singular simple present TikToks, present participle TikToking or TikTokking or TikTok-ing, simple past and past participle TikToked or TikTokked)
- To upload a video of something to TikTok.
- There’s nothing worse, after all, than male mutton dressed as lamb; or an old-style peacock dressed like a TikTok-ing Gen Z.2019 November 29, Jonathan Heaf, “Confessions of a hypedad”, in ES Magazine, London, page 56, column 2
- He got up and performed the first verse, and then walked through the door of the rotating, dioramic set — part Michel Gondry music video; part high school musical — and: It was BTS! Off they went: this black American whiz kid and these seven South Korean superstars TikTokked together.2020 March 11, Wesley Morris, “Lil Nas X Is the King of the Crossover”, in The New York Times Magazine
- To search for and view on TikTok.
TikTok meaning in Hindi, Thai and Vietnamese
TikTok in Hindi
- app
- टिकटॉक ṭikṭŏk
TikTok in Thai
- app
- ติ๊กต็อก
TikTok in Vietnamese
- app
- TikTok
Examples of TikTok in a sentence
- I remember this guy because earlier in the training he had told me that his son had told him, “Dad, whatever you do, don’t start a TikTok.”2022, Brian Barcelona, Don’t Scroll: Evangelism in the Digital Age, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Chosen Books, Baker Publishing Group, →ISBN:
- Start a TikTok and share your ideas, join a club or group, or audition for the play, etc.2022, Stefanie Caponi, Guided Tarot for Teens: A Beginner’s Guide to Card Meanings, Spreads, and Trust in Your Intuition, New York, N.Y....
- We should start a TikTok for the drama department. […] We can do educational videos.2024, Philippa Lawford, Cold Water, Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, →ISBN:
- We wanted some press so we started a TikTok and other social media.2024, Sinclair Jayne, The Cowboy Charm (The Coyote Cowboys of Montana), Tule Publishing, →ISBN:
Synonyms of TikTok
Forms of TikTok
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | TikToks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | TikToks |
| present participle | TikToking |
| present participle | TikTokking |
| present participle | TikTok-ing |
| past participle | TikToked |
| past | TikToked |
| past participle | TikTokked |
| past | TikTokked |
Origin of TikTok
From tick-tock.
Words formed from TikTok
Questions about TikTok
- What does TikTok mean?
- TikTok means a video-sharing social media platform.
- What is TikTok in Hindi?
- TikTok in Hindi is टिकटॉक (ṭikṭŏk). See TikTok meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use TikTok in a sentence?
- I remember this guy because earlier in the training he had told me that his son had told him, “Dad, whatever you do, don’t start a TikTok.”
- What part of speech is TikTok?
- TikTok can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce TikTok?
- TikTok is pronounced /ˈtɪkˌtɒk/ (UK).
Words near TikTok in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: TikTok (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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