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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: acronym for "you know what I mean." | |
| Definitions include: "seriously." | |
| Definitions include: a "syndrome" involving a company's hesitance or refusal to use any idea or product it didn't invent or create. | |
| Definitions include: to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "no good". | |
| Definitions include: a form of shareware where, in lieu of the "registration" fee, the author asks that users donate to a charity. | |
| Definitions include: to occupy a domain name that is a misspelling of a popular website. | |
| Definitions include: "Freeware" was originally the trademark of "PC-Talk" author Andrew Fluegelman. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "laughing my rear off" or "laughing my rump off". | |
| Definitions include: to look up someone on the internet. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "don't feed the troll". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "your mileage may vary." | |
| Definitions include: shortened version of "okay, thanks, bye." | |
| Definitions include: a method of accomplishing something that is otherwise prevented due to a bug. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on the floor laughing". | |
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. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
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: GTS if you want the answer to that GTS it Google that shit | |
| 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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