Defining Words Quickly and Easily using Google and SlickRun | Reviews/Tutorials | Forums

For my first tutorial on DotTech, I will show you how I define words without using a dictionary and without seeing a load of ads. You don't need SlickRun to do this, but it is a lot faster than typing "define:" into google. I'm sure there are many other ways to do to this, but this one is easy and quick. First, download SlickRun at http://www.fiddler2.com/SlickRun/) Now that you're familiar with how SlickRun works, right click on the box and choose "New Magic Word…"

Up pops the New Magic Word Screen:

In the box that is boxed in in red, type word (or whatever you want to type to make it easy for you). In the next box, type:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=define%3A$W$

This is Google's way of making a search with the text "define:" in front. If you don't know what "define:" does, why don't you try it out. Just go to google and type "define:awesome". It'll list a bunch of definitions from a lot of different websites WITH NO ADS! In the last part of the url is $W$. That is SlickRun's way of popping up a text box for you to type in.

Now that you're done editing the fields, click the green check mark in the top right. Now close the little dialog box and click on the rectangle again. Remember how you typed in help? Instead of help type in word (or whatever you chose in the top box). Hit enter and it pops up a little dialog box. Type in the word you want to define and press enter.

If you did it right, up comes the various definitions of the word you searched for.  Example of a resulting webpage:

http://www.google.com/search?h…..%3Aawesome