crowdsource

To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group.

Verb

  1. To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group.
    • And I sometimes “crowdsource,” asking for help in research from the Lexicographic Irregulars (like when I asked for sign-language suggestions for “thanks” and learned how the little Dutch boy felt when he pulled his...

Origin

From crowd + source; more at crowdsourcing.

Forms

crowdsources crowdsourcing crowdsourced

Derived

crowdsourcer