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googley

googley is the misspelling of googly.

Meaning of googly

Adjective

googly (comparative googlier, superlative googliest)

  1. Bulging.
    • “A shtinker,” the bug-eyed man said more loudly. […]“B'seder, fine, a shtinker rabbi,” the googly-eyed man amended, rubbing his lower gut. “But can’t you tell he’s an informer?”2013, Ruchama King Feuerman, In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist, page 208
  2. (sometimes, usually) Appearing to be amorous, flirtatious.
    • ‘Torture my foot! You think it’s torture for a man to ask his wife for attention? God save me from stupid women!’ – my father limped downstairs to make googly eyes at Colaba girls.1981, Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children, page 131

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Adjective capitalized: Googley

Googley (comparative more Googley, superlative most Googley)

  1. (slang) Characteristic of Google, especially in reference to its company culture.
    • […] emerging as a leader to whom others look for advice on what is “Googley.”2015, Laszlo Bock, Work Rules!, Twelve, →ISBN, page 53
    • Even as an intern, I was allowed to treat two guests a month to the free food and facilities. No one really cared if you went over; it was an honour system in which everyone was expected to be appropriately Googley.2020, Wendy Liu, Abolish Silicon Valley
    Synonyms:
    Googlish

Synonyms of googley

Forms of googley

comparativemore Googley
superlativemost Googley

Origin of googley

From Google + -y.

Words formed from googley

  • Googliness

Phrases with googley

Questions about googley

What does googley mean?
Googley means characteristic of Google, especially in reference to its company culture.
What is googley the misspelling of?
Googley is the misspelling of googly.
What part of speech is googley?
Googley is an adjective.

Words near googley in the dictionary

  1. googlewhacked
  2. googlewhacker
  3. googlewhackers
  4. googlewhacking
  5. googlewhacks
  6. googley
  7. googley eye
  8. googley eyes
  9. Googlian
  10. Googliath
  11. googlier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: googley (page history and authors); Googley (page history and authors); googly (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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