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goggle
[ gog-uhl ]
noun
- goggles,
- large spectacles equipped with special lenses, protective rims, etc., to prevent injury to the eyes from strong wind, flying objects, blinding light, etc.
- spectacles designed for a special purpose, as night-vision or stereoscopic goggles.
- Informal. glasses, or eyeglasses:
I can't see a thing without my goggles.
- a bulging or wide-open look of the eyes; stare.
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
- to roll (the eyes).
adjective
- (of the eyes) rolling, bulging, or staring.
goggle
/ ˈɡɒɡəl /
verb
- intr to stare stupidly or fixedly, as in astonishment
- to cause (the eyes) to roll or bulge or (of the eyes) to roll or bulge
noun
- a fixed or bulging stare
- plural spectacles, often of coloured glass or covered with gauze: used to protect the eyes
Derived Forms
- ˈgoggly, adjective
Other Words From
- un·goggled adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of goggle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of goggle1
Example Sentences
Go to facebook.com/pages/Edward-Snowden for Goggle Street Views.
Although we watch the behavior of the super-rich with goggle-eyed fascination, bad feeling toward them lurks in the wings.
Naw, I sold my outfit to a goggle-eyed pilgrim that has an idea buffalo hides is prime all summer.
Now Liebchen came in one day at high tide, chasing those little goggle-eyed squids that lived so many in the harbour.
Skeat thinks the word gog is “of imitative origin,” but it is more likely that goggle was originally Gog oeuil or Gog Eye.
The Irish and Gaelic for Goggle-eyed is gogshuileach, which the authorities refer to gog, “to move slightly” and suil, “an eye”.
I'm not talking of wishing; schoolboys wish, pale-cheeked freshmen at college, goggle-eyed ensigns in marching regiments wish.
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