whatsapp is the alternative letter-case form of WhatsApp.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: WhatsApp
- An instant messaging service founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook in 2014.
- He spends half of his day chatting to people on WhatsApp.
- Like many people, in the pandemic, my life digitized. My work shifted online; my friendships retreated onto FaceTime and WhatsApp; I used a dating app for the first time; I started doing online yoga.2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- WTS
Noun (1) capitalized: WhatsApp
WhatsApp (plural WhatsApps)
- A message sent via WhatsApp.
- A WhatsApp buzzed through.2015, Jenny Stallard, “Monday, 19 October”, in Boyfriend by Christmas, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 251
- Fourteen iMessages, six WhatsApps, and two missed calls. She frowned, confused by the list of names appearing. She wasn't that popular.2016, Sarah Pinborough, 13 Minutes, New York, N.Y.: Flatiron Books, published October 2017, →ISBN, page 9
- An account or number on WhatsApp.
- Can I get your WhatsApp?
Verb (1) capitalized: WhatsApp
WhatsApp (third-person singular simple present WhatsApps, present participle WhatsApping, simple past and past participle WhatsApped)
- To contact (someone) via WhatsApp.
- To send (something) via WhatsApp to (someone).
- People often say pooping is taboo, but lately it seems more like a cultural fetish. There are poop emoji birthday parties for three-year-olds, people WhatsApping photos of their ordure to friends, TripAdvisor threads on how to avoid or avail yourself of squat toilets.2018 November 30, Alex Blasdel, “Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC
- And no one sends emails like that anymore because now we’re all just doing what, obviously, everyone does, is WhatsApping each other short little things.2025 August 13, Sam Graham-Felsen, “Where Did All My Male Friendships Go?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2025
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Whatsapp
- Nonstandard form of WhatsApp.
- My reverie was broken with a Whatsapp message. It was Nandini, my cousin from Kolkata, asking how the conference had gone.2015, Madhuri Banerjee, chapter 6, in My Clingy Girlfriend, New Delhi: westland ltd, →ISBN, page 36
- Volunteers were signed into a Whatsapp account and details of where and when they would canvass were posted there every day.2016, Gráinne Healy, Brian Sheehan, Noel Whelan, “Tomorrow Will Be Different: Building a Canvassing Army” (chapter 5), in Ireland Says Yes: The Inside Story of How the Vote for Marriage Equality Was...
Noun (2) capitalized: Whatsapp
Whatsapp (plural Whatsapps)
- Nonstandard form of WhatsApp.
- She looks at her phone and wonders if Devrat’s leaving her texts and Whatsapps and Facebook messages and Twitter favourites while she’s flying.2014, Durjoy Datta, When Only Love Remains, Gurgaon, Haryana: Penguin Books India, →ISBN, pages 149–150
- Everyone is on the scanners talking about it. Local media is calling, Whatsapps from friends, Twitter’s gone crazy.2016, Mongiwekhaya, I See You / Ngiyakubona / Ek Sien Jou / Ndiyakubona, London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, →ISBN, scene 4, page 22
Verb (2) capitalized: Whatsapp
Whatsapp (third-person singular simple present Whatsapps, present participle Whatsapping, simple past and past participle Whatsapped)
- Nonstandard form of WhatsApp.
- She then came and stood right in front of the humungous building, clicked a quick selfie, and Whatsapped the image to Ekansh with three kiss smileys.2014, Novoneel Chakraborty, Marry Me, Stranger (The Stranger Trilogy; 1), Gurgaon, Haryana: Random House India, →ISBN, page 19
- After she has walked off, I stay sat in the booth and turn on my phone. Fitz has Whatsapped me. Jacobs, call me now. He messages me again, this time via text.2016, Ollie Quain, She Just Can't Help Herself, London: HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 123
Synonyms of whatsapp
Forms of whatsapp
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | whatsapps |
| plural | WhatsApps |
| plural | Whatsapps |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | whatsapps |
| present participle | whatsapping |
| past participle | whatsapped |
| past | whatsapped |
| third-person singular present | WhatsApps |
| present participle | WhatsApping |
| past participle | WhatsApped |
| past | WhatsApped |
| third-person singular present | Whatsapps |
| present participle | Whatsapping |
| past participle | Whatsapped |
| past | Whatsapped |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | |
Origin of whatsapp
Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark.
Words formed from whatsapp
Questions about whatsapp
- What does whatsapp mean?
- Whatsapp means an instant messaging service founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook in 2014.
- What is whatsapp the alternative letter-case form of?
- Whatsapp is the alternative letter-case form of WhatsApp.
- What part of speech is whatsapp?
- Whatsapp can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.
Words near whatsapp in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: whatsapp (page history and authors); WhatsApp (page history and authors); Whatsapp (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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