goog
/ɡuːɡ/
goog noun: an egg.
Noun
goog (plural googs)
- An egg.
- I always supposed he was called Goog because the tiny flattened ears did nothing to interrupt the goog-like sweep from crown to jaw.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 53
- From its modest beginnings in one's diet as a boiled goog with toast soldiers, to the heady heights of the soufflé, the egg is the soul of French and English cuisine.2016, J. D. Barrett, The Secret Recipe for Second Chances
Proper noun capitalized: GOOG
GOOG
- Alphabet Inc.
- Jade Raymond, the executive in charge of SG&E who previously worked at Sony (SNE), Electronic Arts (EA) and Ubisoft (UBSFF), will leave Google (GOOG) to “pursue other opportunities,” Harrison added.2021 February 1, Rishi Iyengar, “Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform”, in CNN Business
Forms of goog
| plural | googs |
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Origin of goog
From Irish and Scottish Gaelic gog / gug, cf. googie, from gugaí / gogaí (“sound made by chickens, baby name for chicken, baby name for egg" (i.e. gug-gug-gugaí)”).
Abbreviation of Google; compare GOOGL.
Words formed from goog
Words that rhyme with goog
Questions about goog
- What does goog mean?
- Goog means an egg.
- What part of speech is goog?
- Goog can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce goog?
- Goog is pronounced /ɡuːɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of goog?
- The plural of goog is googs.
Words near goog in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: goog (page history and authors); GOOG (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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