verb
- transitive verb, meaning to search for something using the Google search engine
proper noun
- American technology company
- Web search engine
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/
name
Etymology: An accidental misspelling of googol (“one followed by a hundred zeros”), alluding to the site's purpose of providing easy access to vast amounts of information.
- A particular Internet company.
“Google is one of several Big Tech firms that has made an aggressive push into gaming in recent years, along with Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB).”
- Google Search, a search engine operated by the company of the same name; the most popular search engine and most-visited website worldwide.
“He did some research on Google for his history project.”
“As a house officer you think your registrar is unimpeachably correct and clever, like God maybe, or Google, and you try not to bother them under almost any circumstance.”
noun
Etymology: From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”).
- 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.”
- 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.”
num
Etymology: See googol.
- Misspelling of googol.
verb
Etymology: An accidental misspelling of googol (“one followed by a hundred zeros”), alluding to the site's purpose of providing easy access to vast amounts of information.
- Alternative letter-case form of google.
“Google Damien and you will find a director of music videos and commercials. Google Cayce and you will find “coolhunter,” and if you look closely you may see it suggested that she is a “sensitive” of some kind, a dowser in the world of global marketing.”
“Eventually, I found myself surfing the web, Google'''-ing the names of former boyfriends.”