google

UK /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/ US /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/
verb 7noun 2name 2num 1

Definitions

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.

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

2

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

1

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

Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.

Have fun and keep googling!

2

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

To be locatable in a search of the Internet.

His name googles.

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