Meanings
fedex1
present singular third person fedexes · participle present fedexing · participle past fedexed · past fedexed
- 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 1632 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
alternative Fedex · alternative fedex
- businessFedEx Corporation, a package express company.
present singular third person FedExes · participle present FedExing · participle past FedExed · past FedExed · alternative Fedex · alternative fedex
- 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, →ISSN1 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
present singular third person Fedexes · participle present Fedexing · participle past Fedexed · past Fedexed
- 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 812 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 CartoonistsWell, 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.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
fedex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fedex
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