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(noun) a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user’s search
(verb) search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine; “He googled the woman he had met at the party”; “My children are googling all day”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
Noun
google (plural googles)
(Internet, informal) An Internet search, such as those performed on the Google search engine.
(Internet, informal) A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.
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.
(transitive, by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
(intransitive, Internet) To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
Etymology 3
Numeral
Misspelling of googol.
Etymology
Proper noun
(trademark) A particular Internet company.
(computing, trademark) A search engine that popularized the company of the same name.
Verb
Google (third-person singular simple present Googles, present participle Googling, simple past and past participle Googled)
Alternative letter-case form of google
Source: Wiktionary
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