DuckDuckGo

English

Etymology

The search engine website was founded by Gabriel Weinberg in 2008, who stated in 2009 that the name comes from duck, duck, goose.

Proper noun

DuckDuckGo

  1. (Internet) An Internet search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers' privacy and avoiding the filter bubble of personalized search results.

Synonyms

  • DDG (initialism)

Verb

DuckDuckGo (third-person singular simple present DuckDuckGos, present participle DuckDuckGoing, simple past DuckDuckGoed or (humorous) DuckDuckWent, past participle DuckDuckGoed or (humorous) DuckDuckWent or (humorous) DuckDuckGone)

  1. (Internet, transitive, rare) To search for (something) on the Internet using the DuckDuckGo search engine.
    • 2013 August 26, Tim McDaniel <tmcd@panix.com>, “Re: Some Tropes Are Bad”, in rec.arts.sf.written‎[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2 February 2026:
      Never heard of it. I just Duckduckwent it, and I've never heard of the work or the author.
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