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Comment by psyklic | Hacker News Reader

I've always typed "define: <word>", but this seems to be superior.

It would be nice if there were a way to get straight to it from a regular search though. It is still more convenient for me (in Firefox) to hit Command+k and type "define:".

Also, it'd be nice if Google could just read my mind instead of me having to laboriously type in search queries.

To add any search to the search bar in Firefox:

- install addon Add to Search Bar

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3682

Then right click in the search page's search field and choose "Add to search bar ..."

Actually, I already know about that. What I wanted you to tell me (because I was too lazy to find it out for myself) was that I can change the search engine used via the Command+Up/Down keys.

Still, those arrow keys are all the way down there and I can type "define:" pretty fast...

This looks similar to the define: results, but juiced up on steroids. Maybe at some point this will be what you get when you do a define: search?

1. open the link

2. right-click on the search box, select "add a keyword for this search"

3. for "keyword: " type "def" , for "name: " type "Google Dictionary Search"

Now in your address bar, type "def uniquity"

While you're at it, replace all your search engines with this method and remove your search box. optional: install tiny-menu, move everything from your navigation-toolbar to your top toolbar, hide navigation-bar.

That sounds awesome, but it doesn't work for me. I did all that and yet FF just does an "I'm feeling lucky" for whatever I type in.

Edit: It only works when I add keywords to the already installed search engines.

Ignore the above comment. I must have been up way too late last night. Thanks for that piece of info.

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