Periscopeverb

• 1

  To broadcast live video stream using Periscope app via phone or tablet.

  • Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Periscoped her first major campaign rally with Olympian Michelle Kwan as the host of the live stream.
  • When Manchester City fan Josh Chambers “Periscoped” an entire away match at Crystal Palace in February 2017, notionally for the benefit of his stay-at-home dad, the stream was watched by more than 139,000 stay-at-home fans.

periscopenoun/ˈpɛɹɪskəʊp/

• 1

  A form of viewing device that allows the viewer to see things at a different height level and usually with minimal visibility.

  • The waters grew suddenly lighter, and my spirits rose accordingly. I shouted down to those below that I saw daylight ahead, and a great shout of thanksgiving reverberated through the ship. A moment later we emerged into sunlit water, and immediately I raised the periscope and looked about me upon the strangest landscape I had ever seen.
• 2

  obsoleteA general or comprehensive view.

  • […] will show it not only enlarging the periscope of knowledge, but contributing to the amelioration of the condition of unfortunate and suffering humanity […]

periscopeverb/ˈpɛɹɪskəʊp/

• 1

  To rise and peer around, in the manner of a periscope.

  • Thousands of ungainly black-beaked heads would periscope and freeze in the direction of the approaching intruder.
  • The second summer I had a great deal of interest but weeks passed before I worked up the nerve to approach her, the confidence finally gained when I caught a queen snake that periscoped within reach, one of the last I ever saw swimming in Cross Creek.