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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”).
Meaning & usage
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”).
Of a bowler: to bowl or deliver a googly.
Of a cricket ball: to move as in a googly.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English googly Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English google Back-formation from googly + -le (frequentative suffix (indicating continuousness or repetition) forming verbs).
An Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine.
A 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.
Where this word comes from
From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”).
To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.
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.
To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
His name googles.
Where this word comes from
From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”).
Misspelling of googol.
Where this word comes from
See googol.
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