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googlewhack

googlewhack noun: a Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.

Noun

googlewhack (plural googlewhacks)

  1. (Internet) A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.

Verb

googlewhack (third-person singular simple present googlewhacks, present participle googlewhacking, simple past and past participle googlewhacked)

  1. (Internet, rare, transitive) To search for something using Google, resulting in a single hit.

Forms of googlewhack

Noun
pluralgooglewhacks
Verb
third-person singular presentgooglewhacks
present participlegooglewhacking
past participlegooglewhacked
pastgooglewhacked

Origin of googlewhack

From Google + whack. Coined by Gary Stock on January 8, 2002.

Questions about googlewhack

What does googlewhack mean?
Googlewhack means a Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.
What part of speech is googlewhack?
Googlewhack can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of googlewhack?
The plural of googlewhack is googlewhacks.

Words near googlewhack in the dictionary

  1. Googleverse
  2. Googlewash
  3. Googlewashed
  4. Googlewashes
  5. Googlewashing
  6. googlewhack
  7. googlewhacked
  8. googlewhacker
  9. googlewhackers
  10. googlewhacking
  11. googlewhacks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: googlewhack (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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