First Known Use: 2001
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verb, goo·gle often capitalized \ˈgü-gəl\
goo·gledgoo·gling \-g(ə-)liŋ\
Definition of GOOGLE
transitive verb
: to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web
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Examples of GOOGLE
- Then where are they going, if not to Faulkner and Achebe and Naipaul? … To the movies; to television (hours and hours); to Googling obsessively (hours and hours); to blogging and emailing and text messaging… . —Cynthia Ozick, Harper's, April 2007
- The Sports Gal and I delayed dinner plans so I could analyze the replays like a police chief. Eventually she realized we weren't leaving the house, so she made herself a sandwich and headed upstairs to Google divorce lawyers. —Bill Simmons, ESPN, 6 Dec. 2004
- Have you ever googled yourself, maybe late at night, when nobody else was around? It's OK, you can admit it—everybody does it. —Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News, 17 Apr. 2004
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Origin of GOOGLE
Google, trademark for a search engine
GOOGLING Defined for Kids
verb goo·gle \ˈgü-gəl\
goo·gledgoo·gling
Definition of GOOGLE for Kids
: to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the Internet
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