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[edit] Etymology 1

From googly

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Infinitive
to google

Third person singular
googles

Simple past
googled

Past participle
googled

Present participle
googling

to google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)

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


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From Google™.

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Singular
google

Plural
googles

google (plural googles)

  1. An internet search, such as that which is performed on the Google search engine.
  2. A quick look (for something or someone), either on the Internet or in a place.
    I took a google round the room (= I quickly looked around the room but not very thoroughly.)
    He did a google (= He did a search on the Internet)
  3. (Internet) A hit obtained by a search engine.
    The word "oceanfront" has 6,150,000 googles, so I think it must be a real word.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to google

Third person singular
googles

Simple past
googled

Past participle
googled

Present participle
googling

to google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)

  1. (transitive) To search for (something) on the Internet using Google™.
    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.

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