fedex

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proper noun

FedEx Corporation, a package express company.

CommonScrabble 16

Meanings

fedex1

verbfedex (third-person singular simple present fedexes, present participle fedexing, simple past and past participle fedexed)

present singular third person fedexes · participle present fedexing · participle past fedexed · past fedexed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of FedEx.

    I fedexed a copy of the papers to my comrade sister in New York City.

    1999, J. Bernard Nicolas, Payback is a Dog, page 163
    2 more examples

    She fedexed the full story, credit card reports and details of mistreatment to the CEO of TJ Maxx.

    2012, Mindy Levy, Mindy's Musings, page 23

    “I truly enjoyed this book,” wrote one Amazon.com reviewer, “and one can only hope that conservative readers will finally loosen up their minds a bit and see the bible as not something fedexed by God to a lucky few, but as an evolving adventure of the human spirit in search of its own cosmic place.

    2015, Erin A. Smith, What Would Jesus Read?

FedEx2

proper noun

alternative Fedex · alternative fedex

  1. businessFedEx Corporation, a package express company.
verbFedEx (third-person singular simple present FedExes, present participle FedExing, simple past and past participle FedExed)

present singular third person FedExes · participle present FedExing · participle past FedExed · past FedExed · alternative Fedex · alternative fedex

  1. transitiveTo send a package or letter by FedEx, or a competitor.

    Writers on assignment were encouraged to FedEx luggage to their destination, rather than schlep it on the plane.

    2025 June 27, Michael M. Grynbaum, “The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    1 more example

    Has he considered disconnecting his modem and Fedexing it to himself overnight, as some digital addicts say they have done?

    2011 March 10, Jim Holt, London Review of Books, page 11

Fedex3

verbFedex (third-person singular simple present Fedexes, present participle Fedexing, simple past and past participle Fedexed)

present singular third person Fedexes · participle present Fedexing · participle past Fedexed · past Fedexed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of FedEx.

    My junior editor had Fedexed deadline items from my in-box to Iowa.

    2005, Donald Nichols, Currency of the Heart, page 81
    2 more examples

    When it's over, delivered, faxed and Fedexed then reality sets in and the mood du jour takes over.

    2002, Ted Rall, Attitude: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists

    Well, I think he could have had the contract Fedexed here and then he could have signed it and sent it home.

    2011, Kate Morris, Seven Days One Summer

Origin

Blend of federal + express; abbreviated from the company’s former name, Federal Express.

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APA

fedex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fedex

MLA

“fedex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fedex. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fedex,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fedex.

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