Meaning

(transitive, computing) To make (a telephone call) using Skype software..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, computing) To make (a telephone call) using Skype software.
2. (transitive, computing) To send (a message or file) with Skype.
3. (ambitransitive, computing) To contact (a person) via Skype.

Example Sentences

I'll skype you tomorrow. We can skype for a couple of hours.

While spatial mobility does cause discontinuity in social relationships and result in losing the support system from their home country (Rangaswamy 2000), yet the social ties of our participants have not dissolved as they have been able to maintain supportive networks in India through physical visits, e-mails, ‘skypeing’ to contacts in foreign places.

‘Where’s 007? He invited too?’ ‘He’s skypeing his mum. He’ll meet us down there.’

And so Andy went home, still on a caffeine high, feeling excited about life as a graduate student, and instead of skypeing with Anja or going for a beer, he went online and read up on some of the relevant particle physics.

Word Forms

• skypes
• skyping
• skypeing
• skyped
• Skype

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When Should You Use Skype?

Use skype when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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