Definition/Meaning of google
- English - Verb: google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled) (transitive) To bowl (a cricket ball ) so that it perform s 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 ”). (intransitive) Of a bowler: to bowl or deliver a googly. (intransitive) Of a…
- English - Noun: google (plural googles) (Internet, informal) An Internet search , such as one perform ed on the Google search engine . 2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 51: Each night I allowed myself one desultory google before leaping to my feet for a lamplit walk around the neighbourhood. (Internet, dated, informal) A match obtain ed by a query in the Google search engine. The word…
- English - Numeral: google (Internet, informal, misspelling) Misspelling of googol .
- English - Etymology: Etymology 1. Back-formation from googly + -le (frequentative suffix (indicating continuousness or repetition) forming verbs). Etymology 2. From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”). Etymology 3. See googol .
- English - Pronunciation: IPA: /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/ Homophone: Google Homophone: googol Homophone: gugel Rhymes: -uːɡəl Homophone: Google Homophone: googol