Dictionary

Gmail en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈd͡ʒiːˌmeɪl]
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Blend of Google + mail.

Meanings

1. (informal) A Gmail account.
   • Then I switched to my Gmail and found a heart-melting email from Rustem (Jordan), who was born in Kazakhstan and then adopted by an American family. 2022, Begaim Adilkhanova, “A Learning Journey by Being Far and Near: A Lesson Designed in the R2D2 Framework”, in Curtis J[ay] Bonk, Meina Zhu, editors, Transformative Teaching Around the World: Stories of Cultural Impact, Technology Integration, and Innovative Pedagogy, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, →ISBN, Section 3 (Teaching With Technology), Introduction:
   • [H]e saw an endless stack of Gmail accounts, one after the other. The tips of his fingers became cold as bone. He aimed at one of the Gmails and opened it, but he needed a user name and a password. 2013, Andre Dubus III, “Listen Carefully as Our Options Have Changed”, in Dirty Love, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 47:
   • Afterwards, when Alex had dozed off, I […] logged on to my Gmail. I sat, gazing at him sleeping and really didn’t know what to write. 2009, Lindsey Kelk, chapter 21, in I Heart New York, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 267:
2. (informal) An e-mail sent using Gmail.
   • My wife, Betty, for helping me get through the Gmails and the computer know-how. 2023, Paul Nyberg, Willey’s I Wish I Were, New York, N.Y.: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:
   • Clearly he is alluding to the Gmails I sent parodying the well-known Dead Sea Scrolls pundit and distinguished department chairman Lawrence Schiffman of New York University—parodies that made him appear to be accusing himself of misconduct. 2024, Raphael Golb, “A Small Controversy in Lower Manhattan”, in The Qumran Con: A Dead Sea Scrolls Memoir, Bloomington, Ind.: Archway Publishing, →ISBN:
   • Although the service was free, Google planned to make money. It would include ads, or “sponsored links,” with each Gmail. […] For example, if someone wrote about a planned vacation, the person receiving the Gmail might notice sponsored links for airlines, travel agencies, or car rentals. Did this mean someone at Google was reading the Gmails? No, but many users were uneasy and indignant. 2010, Stephanie Sammartino McPherson, “Branching Out in All Directions”, in Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Founders of Google (USA Today Lifeline Biographies), Minneapolis, Minn.: Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 69:

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Gmail en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• [ˈd͡ʒiːˌmeɪl]
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Blend of Google + mail.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:trademark) A web-based e-mail system provided by Google (trademarked Gmail).
   • For now, it’s hard to conclude that Sunak will succeed in rebooting a government that’s been reset more times than most people’s Gmail passwords. 2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian:
   • He has a Gmail account.

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Deriveds

Gmailer

Gmail en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [ˈd͡ʒiːˌmeɪl]
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Blend of Google + mail.

Meanings

1. (ditransitive, informal) To send (someone) an e-mail using Gmail.
   • I Googled my professor and found his home page . . . I Gmailed him my report. 2008, Greg Holden, “Learning from Google: A 21st-Century Model for Success”, in Go Google: 20 Ways to Reach More Customers and Build Revenue with Google Business Tools, New York, N.Y.: AMACOM, →ISBN, Part I (Getting Ready to Go Google), page 3:
   • Gmail me!

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