• Google

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: goÍžo'gÉ™l, IPA: /ˈɡuːɡəl/
    • Homophones: Google, googol

    Origin 1

    From googly.

    Full definition of google

    Verb

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

    Origin 2

    From Google.

    Noun

    google

    (plural googles)
    1. An internet search, such as that which is performed on the Google search engine.
    2. (Internet) 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

    Verb

    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.

    Origin 3

    Numeral

    google

    (plural googles)
    1. Misspelling of googol----
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