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> From: Cecil Westerhof <dummy@dummy.nl>
> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:07:29 +0200
> 
> Is it possible to expand to the current word when searchin in Emacs.
> For example I did c-s and typed 'def'. I know stand with the cursor on
> 'DefinedFunction13'. This is the string I want to search for. Is it
> possible to expand the searchstring to this word, without typing it in?

Type C-s C-w, and Emacs will automatically search for word at point.
You don't even need to type 'def'.