peercast

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verb

To transmit streaming media via a peer-to-peer network.

OriginEnglish broadcast ← Middle English casten ← Old Norse kasta →
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Meanings

verbpeercast (third-person singular simple present peercasts, present participle peercasting, simple past and past participle peercast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) peercasted)

present singular third person peercasts · participle present peercasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes peercasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes peercasted

  1. computingTo transmit streaming media via a peer-to-peer network.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*pūrijan
  2. Old English*pȳran
  3. Middle Englishperen
  4. Englishpeer
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-der.?
  6. Proto-Germanic*braidaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*braid
  8. Old Englishbrād
  9. Middle Englishbrod
  10. Englishbroad
  11. Proto-Germanic*kas-
  12. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
  13. Old Norsekasta
  14. Middle Englishcasten
  15. Englishcast
  16. Englishbroadcast
  17. Englishpeercast

From peer + -cast.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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