"meme on" meaning in English

See meme on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-meme on.wav [US] Forms: memes on [present, singular, third-person], memeing on [participle, present], meming on [participle, present], memed on [participle, past], memed on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<+,~ing:+>}} meme on (third-person singular simple present memes on, present participle memeing on or meming on, simple past and past participle memed on)
  1. (transitive, Internet slang) To exploit or mock by means of memes. Tags: Internet, transitive
    Sense id: en-meme_on-en-verb-iDohaOKu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "on", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Internet memes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "on": 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Internet memes: 67 33
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meme, on.
    Sense id: en-meme_on-en-verb-sOCFT-Db

Inflected forms

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