goggle-eyed

[ gog-uhl-ahyd ]

adjective

1. having bulging, wide-open, or rolling eyes, especially in astonishment or wonderment.

adverb

1. with bulging, wide-open eyes.

ˈgoggle-ˌeyed

adjective

1. often postpositive with a surprised, staring, or fixed expression

Word History and Origins

Origin of goggle-eyed¹

1350–1400; Middle English gogel eied squinting, looking sideways

Example Sentences

Shortly after nightfall, a fierce tussle ended when he reeled in a silver, goggle-eyed swordfish.

From Science Magazine

Like so many of his compatriots, he was left goggle-eyed by a dramatic twist in the story that occurred weeks after he created his design, just 10 days before the stamp was released.

From Los Angeles Times

The 41-24 pasting in front of 78,030 goggle-eyed witnesses would become the seventh straight Georgia loss to Alabama dotting the last 14 seasons among neighbors who seldom meet.

From Washington Post

It portrayed Black people as criminals, sex fiends and goggle-eyed fools, in skulking league with Northern carpetbaggers.

From New York Times

Julian Huxley, a British biologist, recalled in his memoir that in about 1891, when he was 4, a goggle-eyed toad surprised him by hopping out of a nearby hedge.

From New York Times