To bowl so that it performs a googly, unlike a normal leg-break delivery”)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”).
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Meaning
6 senses(transitive)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”).
(intransitive)Of a bowler: to bowl or deliver a googly.
(intransitive)Of a cricket ball: to move as in a googly.
(Internet, informal, transitive)To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.
googeln, googlen
гу́глитьgúglitʹ, загу́глитьzagúglitʹ, погу́глитьpogúglitʹ
ґу́ґлитиgúglyty, заґу́ґлитиzagúglyty, наґу́ґлитиnagúglyty
search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine
(Internet, broadly, informal, transitive)To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet.
(Internet, informal, intransitive)To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
His name googles.
Examples
268 sentencesTranslations
9 languagesOrigin
From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”).From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”).
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Forms
googles, googling, googled, googledWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.