different between google vs nuke

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: go?o'g?l, IPA^(key): /??u???l/
• Homophones: Google, googol, gugel

Etymology 1

From googly.

Verb

google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)

1. (intransitive, cricket) To deliver googlies.
2. (intransitive, cricket) To move as a ball in a googly.

Etymology 2

From Google.

Alternative forms

• Google

Noun

google (plural googles)

1. (Internet, informal) An Internet search, such as those performed on the Google search engine.
2. (Internet, informal) A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.

Derived terms

Related terms

• googol

Translations

Verb

google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)

1. (transitive) To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
2. (transitive, by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.

3. (intransitive, Internet) To be locatable in a search of the Internet.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

Numeral

google

1. Misspelling of googol.

Danish

Etymology

From Google, from English google (the verb).

Verb

google

1. to google; to search on an Internet search engine, especially Google

Conjugation

References

• “google” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Verb

google

1. first-person singular present indicative of googlen
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of googlen
3. imperative of googlen

French

Verb

google

1. inflection of googler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

Verb

google

1. inflection of googeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

google (present tense googlar, past tense googla, past participle googla, passive infinitive googlast, present participle googlande, imperative googl)

1. Alternative form of googla

Portuguese

Verb

google

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of googlar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of googlar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of googlar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of googlar

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nju?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /n(j)uk/
• Rhymes: -u?k
• Homophones: neuk, nuc
• Hyphenation: nuke

Etymology 1

Clipping of nuclear weapon. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

nuke (plural nukes) (chiefly US, colloquial)

1. A nuclear weapon.
2. (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
3. A nuclear power station.
4. (nautical) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
5. A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
6. (warez) A cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware).
7. (rare) A microwave oven.

Derived terms

• antinuke
• micronuke
• nukage
• nukespeak
• nukewar
• tacnuke

Translations

Verb

nuke (third-person singular simple present nukes, present participle nuking, simple past and past participle nuked)

1. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
2. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.

   Synonyms: annihilate, devastate, obliterate; see also Thesaurus:destroy

   1. (Wikimedia Commons jargon) to completely delete all uploads of an user, usually due to copyright violations or vandalism
3. (transitive, Internet slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
4. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To expose to some form of radiation.
5. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To cook in a microwave oven.
6. (transitive, warez) To flag a release as bad for some reason or another (for instance, due to being a dupe of an earlier release or containing malware).
7. (transitive, US, nautical, colloquial) To over-analyze or overly despair over something.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of nuc(leus)

Noun

nuke (plural nukes)

1. Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”)

Etymology 3

See nucha.

Noun

nuke (plural nukes)

2. (anatomy, obsolete) Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”)

Etymology 4

See nook.

Noun

nuke (plural nukes)

1. (chiefly Northern England, archaic) Alternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”)

References

Further reading

• nuke (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• neuk, unke