English
google
see also: Google
Pronunciation
  • enPR: go͞o'gəl, IPA: /ˈɡuːɡəl/
Verb

google (googles, present participle googling; past and past participle googled)

  1. (intransitive, cricket) To deliver googly.
  2. (intransitive, cricket) To move as a ball in a googly.
Noun

google (plural googles)

  1. (Internet, informal) An Internet search, such as those performed on the Google search engine.
  2. (Internet, informal) A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.
    The word "oceanfront" has 6,150,000 googles, so I think it must be a real word.
Related terms Translations Translations Verb

google (googles, present participle googling; past and past participle googled)

  1. (transitive) To search for (something) on the [[Internet using the Google search engine.]]
    Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.
  2. (transitive, by extension) 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.
  3. (intransitive, Internet) To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
    His name googles.
Translations Numeral
  1. Misspelling of googol
Google
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈɡuːɡəl/
Proper noun
  1. (trademark) A particular Internet [[company.]]
  2. (computing, trademark) A search engine that popularized the company of the same name.
Translations
  • German: Google
  • Italian: Google
  • Portuguese: Google
  • Russian: Гугл
  • Spanish: Google
Verb

google (googles, present participle Googling; past and past participle Googled)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of google


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