Periscope

English

Etymology

From the brand name Periscope.

Verb

Periscope (third-person singular simple present Periscopes, present participle Periscoping, simple past and past participle Periscoped)

1. (transitive or intransitive, Internet) To broadcast live video stream using Periscope app via phone or tablet.
   • 2015, Marketing Trends Guide 2016, page 8:

     Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Periscoped her first major campaign rally with Olympian Michelle Kwan as the host of the live stream.

   • 2017, Paul Brown, Savage Enthusiasm: A History of Football Fans, page 277:

     When Manchester City fan Josh Chambers “Periscoped” an entire away match at Crystal Palace in Febrary 2017, notionally for the benefit of his stay-at-nome dad, the stream was watched by more than 139,000 stay-at-home fans.

   • 2018, Claudette G. Artwick, “Social Media Livestreaming”, in Scott Eldridge II, Bob Franklin, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Developments in Digital Journalism, page 298:

     And photographer Patrick Witty (2015 ) Periscoped refugees landing in Lesbos, Greece, for BuzzFeed News.