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- //ˈɡuː.ɡəl//
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”).
verbe
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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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Of a bowler: to bowl or deliver a googly.
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Of a cricket ball: to move as in a googly.
Étymologie
Back-formation from googly + -le (frequentative suffix (indicating continuousness or repetition) forming verbs).
nom
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familierAn Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine.
Each night I allowed myself one desultory google before leaping to my feet for a lamplit walk around the neighbourhood.
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vieilliA match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.
The word oceanfront has 64,300,000 googles, so I think it must be a real word.
Étymologie
From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”).
verbe
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familierTo search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.
Have fun and keep googling!
Willow: Have you googled her yet? Xander: Willow! She's 17! Willow: It's a search engine.
Google it.
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familierTo search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet.
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familierTo be locatable in a search of the Internet.
His name googles.
numéral
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Variante de googolfamilierMisspelling of googol.
Étymologie
See googol.
Formes
- pluriel
- googles
- passé
- googled
- participe passé
- googled
- participe présent
- googling
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- googles
google · 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…
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