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google

Pronunciation: /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/

The English word “google” has 8 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs 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”).
  2. Of a bowler: to bowl or deliver a googly.
  3. Of a cricket ball: to move as in a googly.
  4. To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
  5. To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
  6. To be locatable in a search of the Internet.

noun

  1. An Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine.
  2. A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.

Etymology

From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”).

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