DuckDuckGo

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proper noun

A search engine that that focuses on Internet privacy.

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Meanings

proper nounDuckDuckGo (abbreviation DDG)

abbreviation DDG

  1. InternetA search engine that that focuses on Internet privacy.
verbDuckDuckGo (third-person singular simple present DuckDuckGos, present participle DuckDuckGoing, simple past DuckDuckGoed or (humorous) DuckDuckWent, past participle DuckDuckGoed or (humorous) DuckDuckWent or (humorous) DuckDuckGone)

present singular third person DuckDuckGos · participle present DuckDuckGoing · past DuckDuckGoed · humorous past DuckDuckWent · participle past DuckDuckGoed · humorous participle past DuckDuckWent · humorous participle past DuckDuckGone

  1. InternetraretransitiveTo search for (something) using the DuckDuckGo search engine.

    Never heard of it. I just Duckduckwent it, and I've never heard of the work or the author.

    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

Origin

The search engine website was founded by Gabriel Weinberg in 2008. The name is in reference to the children's game duck, duck, goose.

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Cite this entry
APA

DuckDuckGo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DuckDuckGo

MLA

“DuckDuckGo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DuckDuckGo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “DuckDuckGo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DuckDuckGo.

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