like4like

noun

On social media services, the practice of liking a person's post or page in exchange for said person mutually liking one's post or page back, sometimes with the goal of artificially inflating one's like count.

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Meanings

nounlike4like (uncountable)
  1. InternetuncountableOn social media services, the practice of liking a person's post or page in exchange for said person mutually liking one's post or page back, sometimes with the goal of artificially inflating one's like count.

Origin

Abbreviation of like for like, itself a clipping of like for a like back or a similar phrasing; otherwise analysable as like (“to show approval of something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote”) + 4 (“abbreviation of for”) + like.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 互贊 /互赞
  • 互贊 /互赞 (hùzàn)Translations
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APA

like4like. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like4like

MLA

“like4like.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like4like. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “like4like,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like4like.

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