google

/ˈɡuː.ɡəl/

verb 7noun 2name 2num 1

Collocations

ADJ.

amazing, desultory, harder, new, special

I had to google harder to find the specific information I needed for my essay.

VERB + GOOGLE

exists, found, hits, indexed, let, name, roll, switched

I googled the restaurant name and found it closed down last year.

GOOGLE + NOUN

accident, cayce, chrome, damien, day, liar, teacher, translator

I googled the accident to find out what happened on the highway that morning.

PREP.

in, into, on, through

I googled into my family history and discovered some fascinating ancestors from Scotland.

ADV.

almost, instantly, only, only

I almost googled his name before remembering he was sitting right next to me.

Definitions

verb

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”).

Of a bowler: to bowl or deliver a googly.

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

noun

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.

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.

verb

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

Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.

Have fun and keep googling!

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.

To be locatable in a search of the Internet.

His name googles.

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Example Bank

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

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

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Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.

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Have fun and keep googling!

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Willow: Have you googled her yet? Xander: Willow! She's 17! Willow: It's a search engine.

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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).

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, google is marked as informal, dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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