googlewhack

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noun

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

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Meanings

noungooglewhack (plural googlewhacks)

plural googlewhacks

  1. InternetA Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.
verbgooglewhack (third-person singular simple present googlewhacks, present participle googlewhacking, simple past and past participle googlewhacked)

present singular third person googlewhacks · participle present googlewhacking · participle past googlewhacked · past googlewhacked

  1. InternetraretransitiveTo search for something using Google, resulting in a single hit.

Origin

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

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APA

googlewhack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/googlewhack

MLA

“googlewhack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/googlewhack. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “googlewhack,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/googlewhack.

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