"DuckDuckGo" meaning in English

See DuckDuckGo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: DDG [abbreviation]
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  1. (Internet) A search engine that that focuses on Internet privacy. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-DuckDuckGo-en-name-uJ8OXeDT Categories (other): Internet

Verb

Forms: DuckDuckGos [present, singular, third-person], DuckDuckGoing [participle, present], DuckDuckGoed [past], DuckDuckWent [humorous, past], DuckDuckGoed [participle, past], DuckDuckWent [humorous, participle, past], DuckDuckGone [humorous, participle, past]
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  1. (transitive, Internet) To search for (something) using the DuckDuckGo search engine. Tags: Internet, rare, transitive
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Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "The search engine website was founded by Gabriel Weinberg in 2008. The name is in reference to the children's game duck, duck, goose.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "DuckDuckGos",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "DuckDuckGoing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "DuckDuckGoed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "DuckDuckWent",
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "DuckDuckGoed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "DuckDuckWent",
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "DuckDuckGone",
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "+",
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      },
      "expansion": "DuckDuckGo (third-person singular simple present DuckDuckGos, present participle DuckDuckGoing, simple past DuckDuckGoed or (humorous) DuckDuckWent, past participle DuckDuckGoed or (humorous) DuckDuckWent or (humorous) DuckDuckGone)",
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    },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
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      ],
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2013 August 26, Tim McDaniel <tmcd@panix.com>, “Re: Some Tropes Are Bad”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Feb 2026:",
          "text": "Never heard of it. I just Duckduckwent it, and I've never heard of the work or the author.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To search for (something) using the DuckDuckGo search engine."
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        [
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          "Internet"
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        "(transitive, Internet) To search for (something) using the DuckDuckGo search engine."
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  ],
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}

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