"Periscope" meaning in English

See Periscope in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: Periscopes [present, singular, third-person], Periscoping [participle, present], Periscoped [participle, past], Periscoped [past]
Etymology: From the brand name Periscope. Head templates: {{en-verb}} Periscope (third-person singular simple present Periscopes, present participle Periscoping, simple past and past participle Periscoped)
  1. (transitive or intransitive, Internet) To broadcast live video stream using Periscope app via phone or tablet. Wikipedia link: Periscope (app) Tags: Internet, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-Periscope-en-verb-pQX2mKql Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Periscoped her first major campaign rally with Olympian Michelle Kwan as the host of the live stream.",
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          "ref": "2017, Paul Brown, Savage Enthusiasm: A History of Football Fans, page 277",
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          "ref": "2018, Claudette G. Artwick, “Social Media Livestreaming”, in Scott Eldridge II, Bob Franklin, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Developments in Digital Journalism, page 298",
          "text": "And photographer Patrick Witty (2015 ) Periscoped refugees landing in Lesbos, Greece, for BuzzFeed News.",
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