facetime

Etymology

Compare face time (“the amount of time spent in visual communication with another party”).

name

  1. A videotelephony software developed by Apple Inc., introduced in 2010.“Like many people, in the pandemic, my life digitized. My work shifted online; my friendships retreated onto FaceTime and WhatsApp; I used a dating app for the first time; I started doing online yoga.”

verb

  1. To communicate with somebody using the FaceTime videotelephony software.“I gritted through a smile, grateful we weren’t Skyping or FaceTime-ing or any other electronic face messaging that was available. It was bad enough he had to hear me stumble through our phone call. I didn’t need him to see my embarrassment as well.”
  2. To communicate with somebody using any form of video telephony software.