English Explanatory Dictionary

google

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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. Of a bowler: to bowl or deliver a googly.
  3. Of a cricket ball: to move as in a googly.
noun
  1. An Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine.
  2. A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.
verb
  1. To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
  2. To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
  3. To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
num
  1. Misspelling of googol.
name
  1. A particular Internet company.
  2. Google Search, a search engine operated by the company of the same name; the most popular search engine and most-visited website worldwide.
verb
  1. Alternative letter-case form of google.

Pronunciation

go͞o'g(ə)l /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/ En-us-googol.ogg en-uk-Google.ogg

Word forms

google googles googling googled Googleing Google-ing

Etymology

Back-formation from googly + -le (frequentative suffix (indicating continuousness or repetition) forming verbs).

Synonyms

Google hit ghit

Related words

googol Android Frightful Five

Derived words

googler googlebomb googlewhack googlish FGI googlable googleable google up JFGI LMGTFY quod google ungooglable unGoogleable de-Google de-Googled Doctor Google Dr. Google FANG FAANG GAFAM GC GCal ghit GIYF Gmail Gmailer Go GOOG google googleability googlability Google bomb Google debunker Google Doc Google Doodle Google effect Google-fu Google Grouper Google Groupie Google is your friend Google machine Googlemania Googlemaniac Googlephone Googleplex Google stalk Google tax Google Translate Google-translate Googleverse googlewhacker googlewhacking Googley Googlian Googlise Googlize googology Noogler TGIF Xoogler
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