google

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that…

   To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery”).

2. 2

   Of a bowler

   Of a bowler: to bowl or deliver a googly.

3. 3

   Of a cricket ball

   Of a cricket ball: to move as in a googly.

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   1. 4

      An Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine.

      • Each night I allowed myself one desultory google before leaping to my feet for a lamplit walk around the neighbourhood.
   2. 5

      A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.

      • The word oceanfront has 64,300,000 googles, so I think it must be a real word.
   3. 6

      To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.

      • Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.
      • Have fun and keep googling!
      • Willow: Have you googled her yet? Xander: Willow! She's 17! Willow: It's a search engine.
   4. 7

      To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.

      • I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet.
   5. 8

      To be locatable in a search of the Internet.

      • His name googles.
   6. 9

      Misspelling of googol.

   7. 10

      A particular Internet company.

      • Google is one of several Big Tech firms that has made an aggressive push into gaming in recent years, along with Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB).
   8. 11

      Google Search, a search engine operated by the company of the same name

      Google Search, a search engine operated by the company of the same name; the most popular search engine and most-visited website worldwide.

      • He did some research on Google for his history project.
      • As a house officer you think your registrar is unimpeachably correct and clever, like God maybe, or Google, and you try not to bother them under almost any circumstance.
   9. 12

      Alternative letter-case form of google.

      • Eventually, I found myself surfing the web, Google'''-ing the names of former boyfriends.
      • I watched as she Googled, Yahooed, Asked, and used a couple of search engines I’d never heard of.

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