to send or exchange data between devices using Bluetooth wireless technology
Can you bluetooth the presentation to my tablet?
He bluetoothed the song to his friend during the break.
✦ Verb use derives from the noun Bluetooth, extending the brand name into a verb meaning “to send via Bluetooth”.
a short-range wireless technology that allows electronic devices to exchange data without using cables
Make sure your phone’s Bluetooth is switched on before pairing the headphones.
The car’s infotainment system connects via Bluetooth to stream music.
✦ Coined in the 1990s by the inventors of the standard and named after Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, a 10th-century Danish king known for uniting Denmark and Norway—symbolizing the technology’s goal of uniting devices without wires.
