ask box

noun

The inbox in which asks (messages) sent to a Tumblr blog are received.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounask box (plural ask boxes)

plural ask boxes · alternative askbox

  1. InternetThe inbox in which asks (messages) sent to a Tumblr blog are received.

    I whip out my phone. “Here, I'll message you on Tumblr right now.” Gabi opens her ask box. "Touch your clit?"

    2020, Amanda Harlowe, Consensual Hex, unnumbered page
    2 more examples

    One post on Tumblr by user penfairy begins with an ask-box submitted question reading "I didn't know there were Austen gay otps (I'm very sheltered). Could you tell me what they are, please?" […]

    2019, Holly Luetkenhaus, Zoe Weinstein, Austentatious: The Evolving World of Jane Austen Fans, page 102

    […] “I may not like Real Madrid, but if a Madridista [a fan of Real Madrid] comes into my askbox and asks me politely for art of their fave, the chances that I’ll oblige them are pretty good.”

    2021, Anna, quoted in Jessica Kunert, "The Footy Girls of Tumblr: How Women Found Their Niche in the Online Football Fandom", Communication & Support, Volume 9, Issue 2, pages 255-256
Cite this entry
APA

ask box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ask%20box

MLA

“ask box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ask%20box. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ask box,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ask%20box.

Source: ask box on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.