podcasting

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noun

The distribution of multimedia files over the Internet for playback on a mobile device, often in MP3 format.

OriginEnglish podcast ← Middle English casten ← Old Norse kasta →
CommonScrabble 16
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Meanings

nounpodcasting (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe distribution of multimedia files over the Internet for playback on a mobile device, often in MP3 format.
    1 more example

    With the benefit of hindsight, it all seems quite obvious. MP3 players, like Apple's iPod, in many pockets, audio production software cheap or free, and weblogging an established part of the internet; all the ingredients are there for a new boom in amateur radio. But what to call it? Audioblogging? Podcasting? GuerillaMedia?

    2004 February 12, Ben Hammersley, “Audible revolution: Online radio is booming thanks to iPods, cheap audio software and weblogs”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2023
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of podcast

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Germanic*natją
  8. Proto-West Germanic*nati
  9. Old Englishnett
  10. Middle Englishnet
  11. Englishnet
  12. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  14. Proto-Germanic*werką
  15. Proto-West Germanic*werk
  16. Old Englishweorc
  17. Middle Englishwerk
  18. Englishwork
  19. Englishnetwork
  20. Englishinternetwork
  21. EnglishInternet
  22. Englishi-
  23. Proto-Germanic*paidō
  24. Old Englishpād?
  25. Middle English*pod?
  26. Englishpod
  27. EnglishiPod
  28. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-der.?
  29. Proto-Germanic*braidaz
  30. Proto-West Germanic*braid
  31. Old Englishbrād
  32. Middle Englishbrod
  33. Englishbroad
  34. Proto-Germanic*kas-
  35. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
  36. Old Norsekasta
  37. Middle Englishcasten
  38. Englishcast
  39. Englishbroadcast
  40. Englishpodcast
  41. Englishpodcasting

From podcast + -ing.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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