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Definition of Google
verb - transitive
- to do an internet search on someone or something. From the name of the Google search engine. Note that this term has become generic: any search engine might be used to "Google" something.
I googled him last night.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to search.
Last edited on Apr 16 2013. Submitted by Susan from Oxford, PA, USA on Oct 28 2002.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: A synonym of "swap out". | |
| Definitions include: high-performing. | |
| Definitions include: a small piece of a design that doesn't work as well as the rest of the design. | |
| Definitions include: software that is free to share with others and is - at least initially - free to use. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in this thread". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "great". | |
| Definitions include: to kill or seriously damage. | |
| Definitions include: the general appearance of software or a website. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on the floor laughing". | |
| Definitions include: to cause a software or hardware bug to become evident. | |
| Definitions include: "benchmark". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "mind your own business." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in my arrogant opinion". | |
| Definitions include: the World Wide Web. | |
| Definitions include: a subject that has been known to use up a significant amount of discussion time, without participants coming to a consensus. | |
Other terms relating to 'to search': | |
| Definitions include: to figure out something unknown. | |
| Definitions include: to use a search engine to get information about a current or past love interest. | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive female or one with a bad reputation. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Google that shit". | |
| Definitions include: in a non-computing context, to search. | |
| Definitions include: misspelling of Google. | |
| Definitions include: to search the ground for already-smoked yet salvageable cigarette butts. Note: usually performed by homeless. | |
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Other terms relating to 'google': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Google is your friend". | |
| Definitions include: on the web, for many sites to link to a particular website using a particular phrase, such that the particular website is the first result when searching for the phrase. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical substance that increases a website's rankings in Google search results. | |
| Definitions include: to use a search engine to get information about a current or past love interest. | |
| Definitions include: a Google query consisting of two words that returns a single search result. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Google that shit". | |
| Definitions include: Surfing the web with a smartphone while on the toilet | |
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