podcast
A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
Noun 2 meanings
A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
An individual episode of such a program.
Verb 2 meanings
To deliver (information) in the form of a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
To deliver a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
Etymology
Blend of iPod (“portable music player made by Apple”) + broadcast, probably coined by the British technologist and broadcaster Ben Hammersley (born 1976) who proposed the word podcasting in 2004.
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PODCAST at a glance
PODCAST has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + D 2 + C 3 + A 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,519 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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