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amazon | google |

As a noun amazon

is a tall, strong, athletic woman.

As a verb google is

.

amazon

English

(wikipedia Amazon)

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Greek mythology) A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.
  • A female warrior.
  • A tall, strong, or athletic woman.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl), Río Amazonas . It is common belief that the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana fought a battle against a tribe of Tapuya natives, in which the women fought alongside the men, and that he derived the name from the Amazons in Greek mythology.

    Proper noun

  • A river of South America that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the South Atlantic.
  • A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.
    • Derived terms
    * Amazonian * Amazon milk frog

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the large parrots from the genus Amazona .

    • Etymology 3

    Chosen by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as a word beginning with 'A' which had existing connotations (see meanings listed in etymologies 1 & 2) of being exotic, different, and (as the Amazon River) the largest of its kind in the world. Ann Byers, Jeff Bezos: the founder of amazon.com , pp. 46-7, Rosen Publishing Group, 2007, ISBN 1-4042-0717-1

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Amazon.com Inc, a very large internet retailer

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick-and-mortar competition.
  • * 1998', George Anders, "Discomfort Zone: Some Big Companies Long to Embrace Web But Settle for Flirtation — They Fear Online Marketing Could Cause Sales Staffs And Distributors to Rebel — A Risk of Getting ‘'''Amazoned ’", ''The Wall Street Journal , 1998-11-04, p. A1. [http://search.proquest.com/docview/398638046]
    • Those who hesitate risk being "amazoned ," forfeiting business to an Internet newcomer, in the way that bookstore chains have lost ground to Amazon.com Inc., the online bookseller.
  • * 1999', Andrew Wileman, "Smart cookies: Get set to '''Amazon ", ''Management Today . Aug 1999, p. 79 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/214769716]
    • Venture capitalists' desks are thick with business plans promising ‘we're going to Amazon the insurance/travel/property business...’
  • * 1999 , Tim Smith, InternetWeek (786), "Getting Customers Totally Integrated – Cisco CIO Pete Solvik", 1999-10-25, p. 98 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/226888867]
    • Take the example of MetalSite.com, which is owned by steel companies. The steel companies aren't getting "Amazoned'" by a start-up but, rather, they are doing the "' Amazoning " within their own industry.
  • * 1999 , "Amazon Expands", InternetWeek (789), 1999-11-15, p. 11 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/226901337]
    • Amazon.com may soon be "amazoning " a few more industries.
  • * 2000 , Bob Tedeschi, "E-Commerce Report: Web and catalog businesses are crossing into storefront territory, creating parallel avenues of retailing", The New York Times , 2000-11-20, p. C12 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/91394028]
    • Gone are the days when they agonized about being "Amazoned ", or blind-sided by a dot-com ....
  • * 2001 , Saul Hansell, "Web Sales of Airline Tickets Are Making Hefty Advances", The New York Times , 2001-07-04, p. A1 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/91898346]
    • In other industries, established companies are pulling people and money away from their Internet operations, as their fear of being "Amazoned " by start-ups has subsided.
  • * 2001 , Steve Lohr, "Gearhead Nation: A Time Out for Technophilia", The New York Times , 2001-11-18, p. WK4 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/92105390]
    • Meanwhile, traditional companies would be obliterated — "Amazoned " — by Internet upstarts.
  • * 2002 , Scott Harris, "Roots in Israel, Head in Silicon Valley", The New York Times , 2002-06-30, p. B8 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/92285195]
    • "Everybody was afraid of getting Amazoned ," Mr. Landan said. "They didn't want to get left behind."

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    google

    English

    (wikipedia google)

    Etymology 1

    From googly.

    Verb

    (googl)
  • (cricket) To deliver googlies.
  • (cricket) To move as a ball in a googly.

    • Etymology 2

    From Google.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An internet search, such as that which is performed on the Google search engine.
  • (Internet) A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.
    • The word "oceanfront" has 6,150,000 googles , so I think it must be a real word.
    Derived terms
    * googlebomb * googles * googlewhack * googlish
    Related terms
    * googol

    Verb

    (googl)
  • To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
    • Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.
  • (by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
    • I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet.
  • (Internet) To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
    • His name googles .
    Quotations
    * {{quote-web , last = Page , first = Larry , authorlink = Larry Page , date = 1998-07-08 , url = http://web.archive.org/web/19991009052012/www.egroups.com/group/google-friends/3.html , title = Google Search Engine: New Features , publisher = Google Friends Mailing List , accessdate = 2007-08-06 , passage = "Have fun and keep googling !" }} * {{quote-video , date = 2002-10-15 , title = (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) , episode = , season = 7 , number = 4 , people = (Alyson Hannigan) and (Nicholas Brendon) , role = (Willow Rosenberg) and (Xander Harris) , passage = Willow'': Have you googled her yet?
    ''Xander'': Willow! She's 17!
    ''Willow     : It's a search engine. }} * {{quote-video , date = 2002-12-13 , title = (Maid In Manhattan) , people = (Jennifer Lopez) , role = Marisa , passage = "Google it." }} * {{quote-news , date = 2002-12-28 , first = Bill , last = Keller , authorlink = Bill Keller , url = http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/28/opinion/28KELL.html?pagewanted=2&todaysheadlines , title = Who's Sorry Now? , newspaper = (The New York Times) , issn = 0362-4331 , page = A-19 , accessdate = 2007-06-24 , passage = "Googling in search of an apology from the former Enron C.E.O...." }}

    See also

    * googlie, googly * madame linkmonger * JFGI

    External links

    * www.google.com

    Etymology 3

    Numeral

    (en noun)
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