Quick Dictionary Searches

Created: December 4, 2003 · Last modified: March 2, 2012

Mozilla Keywords are a great way to add little shortcuts to your web browser. Basically you assign a keyword to a bookmark and then typing that keyword in the location bar jumps to the bookmark. Here’s one I just figured out that I use a lot. After you set this up, just type dict someword in google and you will go right to the dict.org definition for the word.

  • Add a new bookmark under Bookmarks->Manage Bookmarks.
  • Give it the name dict.org search.
  • Use the following location: http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict1&Database=%2A&Strategy=%2A&Query=%s
  • Pick a short keyword (I suggest dict).
  • Then save the new bookmark!

This trick works for any site where you can substitutes the %s into a URL to retrieve some sort of info.

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