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DuckDuckGo en · PROPN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (Internet) A search engine that that focuses on Internet privacy.

Forms

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DDG Abbr=Yes lexicographic

DuckDuckGo en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (Internet, rare, transitive) To 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:

Forms

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DuckDuckGoing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
DuckDuckWent Tense=Past humorous lexicographic
DuckDuckWent Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part humorous lexicographic
DuckDuckGone Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part humorous lexicographic
DuckDuckGoed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
DuckDuckGoed Tense=Past lexicographic
DuckDuckGos Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic