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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
From googly.
[edit] Verb
google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)
- (intransitive, cricket) To deliver googlies.
- (intransitive, cricket) To move as a ball in a googly.
[edit] Etymology 2
From Google™.
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google (plural googles)
- An internet search, such as that which is performed on the Google search engine.
- (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.
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search using Google
search using any comprehensive search engine
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a match obtained by a search using Google
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[edit] Verb
google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)
- (transitive) To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
- Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.
- (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
- (intransitive, Internet) To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
- His name googles.
[edit] Quotations
- 1998 (first usage): Page, Larry (July 8). "Google Search Engine: New Features". Google Friends Mailing List. URL accessed on 2007-08-06.
- "Have fun and keep googling!"
- 2002: Keller, Bill, "Who's Sorry Now?", New York Times, 28 December 2002, p. A-19. Retrieved on 2007-06-24.
- 2002: Maid In Manhattan. Marisa's (Jennifer Lopez) son cannot find the answer to a question.
- "Google it."
- 2002: Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Help", 15 October 2002. Xander reviews a high-school student's records.
- Willow: Have you googled her yet?
- Xander: Willow! She's 17!
- Willow: It's a search engine.
[edit] Translations
to search for on the Internet
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[edit] French
[edit] Verb
- first-person singular present indicative of googler
- third-person singular present indicative of googler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of googler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of googler
- second-person singular imperative of googler
[edit] German
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- First-person singular present of googeln.
- Imperative singular of googeln.
- First-person singular subjunctive I of googeln.
- Third-person singular subjunctive I of googeln.
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