Definitions

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  • noun An internet search, such as that which is performed on the Google search engine.
  • noun Internet A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.
  • verb transitive To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
  • verb transitive, by extension To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
  • verb intransitive, Internet To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
  • verb intransitive, cricket To deliver googlies.
  • verb intransitive, cricket To move as a ball in a googly.

Etymologies

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From googly.

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From Google.

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Examples

  • i think this is a first step of google and not the final one..google would soon learn and mature for the mobile

    unexpected and unfortunate 2007

  • Hi, i have a website right now and its rank in google is no. 2 or no. 3.

    Secret Out – How Google Ranks Websites « Lorelle on WordPress 2005

  • Escobar has pitched in just one game over the ... nleastchatter. com 40 hours ago - Kelvim Escobar, which google translates as: Kelvim Escobar Some person named Francisco Blavia with a twitter account tweeted thrice in Spanish the following: Tweet # 1: Kelvim Escobar recibió su regalo navideño: acaba de llegar a un acuerdo con los Mets de Nueva York.

    BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs 2009

  • AFAIK immersive media were involved in google street view only for a short time and these days google has built their own cameras. the many sightings/photos of the google car in europe and other places confirm that their big camera is not the same one that you see on immersive media's site.

    Stupendous coral reef panorama - Boing Boing 2009

  • Second, you keep referring to Google Docs as Google Apps (which is the custom domain google app hosting service i.e. gmail, google docs, etc).

    Will Google Win When Microsoft Kills Office 2000? 2009

  • April 17, 2009 at 8: 54 AM almost every time i send an email that needs an attachment, I'll type the body text and click send, completely forgetting to attach the file! the new undo feature in google labs (if you use gmail ... which you should) sounds like it would have saved a lot of commenters from a lot of grief!

    What’s Your Worst Email Gaffe? | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • It didn't seem to be the catch-all results that I'm often looking for in google, but a nice complement instead.

    Alpha Google Adds Computational Answers To Google Results | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Her fabrication remains and is found in google searches.

    Stop the presses (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Saturday, March 28 2009 yep google is taking over.

    Beware of Google’s New Personalized Ad System 2009

  • Monday, May 3 2010 so many people are complainting that google is not paying good salaries, but i was shocked on seeing that google is paying more salaries

    Top 10 Tech Companies That Pay Engineers The Most 2009

  • The term “Google bombing” was first coined by Adam Mathes, now a product manager at Google, who first described the concept in April 2001 while writing for the site Uber.nu. Mathes successfully used the backlinks that fueled PageRank to make the search term “talentless hack” bring up his friend’s website.

    How Google made the world go viral - The Verge Ryan Broderick 2023

  • Those of us of a, ahem, certain age will remember the phenomenon of “Google bombing;” the classic example was using the words “miserable failure” with a link to George W. Bush.

    Google still recommends glue for your pizza 2024

  • This sounds a lot like Google Bombing, or Googlewashing, “the practice of causing a website to rank highly in web search engine results for irrelevant, unrelated or off-topic search terms by linking heavily.”

    Considering AI Privacy Scenarios Drew Breunig 2024

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  • Don't use as a verb!

    December 9, 2006

  • Xerox is often used as a verb; much like Kleenex is often used as a common noun. These usages don't seem to have caused any trademark infringement suits to be brought against the English language. If people find "to google" to be a useful word, then I say use it!

    December 9, 2006

  • Google is perfectly fine if you use google as a verb, just if you're using their search engine with it. i.e. You can't "google" YouTube. (well, once that Google fully acquires it, I bet you can)

    December 9, 2006

  • I agree. I you are going to search for something on Wikipedia, you "Wikipedia it".

    December 9, 2006

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ0BtSLD3sc

    December 10, 2006

  • When I listed this, I had the verb in mind.

    June 21, 2007

  • Hmm.. Maybe it would be useful to be able to specify the part of speech?, so that we can list homophonous nouns and verbs separately?

    July 10, 2007

  • Is Google Making Us Stupid?

    June 11, 2008

  • google.com is not working today. Or is it my PC?

    September 10, 2008

  • Working fine on my side of the planet, Pro :D

    September 10, 2008

  • Weird. I'm using google.it, but I can't open iGoogle...

    September 11, 2008

  • Working fine here--except that it seems to have become a Large Hadron Collider.

    September 11, 2008

  • I've just heard the verb used intransitively: 'It googles', meaning it shows up on a Google search. There are a handful of ghits for "if it googles" in this sense. It seems an obvious and useful extension.

    September 16, 2008

  • i love the google website and its the best thing on the web lol

    December 13, 2008

  • i most often hear it used as a verb

    April 22, 2009

  • Really? Lets googleize it and see.

    April 22, 2009

  • Ha! Funny.

    That and email: "Email me."

    Or, "Google 'Techno Viking.'"

    April 23, 2009

  • some call it the new evil empire

    August 1, 2009