whois
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English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
whois (usually uncountable, plural whoises)
Verb[edit]
whois (third-person singular simple present whoises, present participle whoising, simple past and past participle whoised)
- (Internet, transitive) To look up using a whois protocol.
- We whoised the domain to find out who was sending the spam.
- 2003, Joel, “Re: A whois addon”, in alt.irc.dalnet (Usenet):
- That seems to be an undocumented feature, but makes perfect sense. Of course, that wouldn't prevent you from whoising 20 people at once, which could be a problem.
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Middle English[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
whois
- (chiefly Late Middle English) Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)