"googlewhack" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-googlewhack.wav Forms: googlewhacks [plural]
Etymology: From Google + whack. Coined by Gary Stock on January 8, 2002. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Google|whack}} Google + whack Head templates: {{en-noun}} googlewhack (plural googlewhacks)
  1. (Internet) A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words. Tags: Internet Related terms: googlewhacker, googlewhacking
    Sense id: en-googlewhack-en-noun-sEuLXpGM Categories (other): Internet, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Google Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Google: 47 53

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-googlewhack.wav Forms: googlewhacks [present, singular, third-person], googlewhacking [participle, present], googlewhacked [participle, past], googlewhacked [past]
Etymology: From Google + whack. Coined by Gary Stock on January 8, 2002. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Google|whack}} Google + whack Head templates: {{en-verb}} googlewhack (third-person singular simple present googlewhacks, present participle googlewhacking, simple past and past participle googlewhacked)
  1. (Internet, transitive, rare) To search for something using Google, resulting in a single hit. Tags: Internet, rare, transitive Related terms: hapax
    Sense id: en-googlewhack-en-verb-vAz0~JNd Categories (other): Internet, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Google Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Google: 47 53

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