• Goggle

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈɡɒ.É¡É™l/
    • Rhymes: -É’É¡É™l

    Origin

    Compare Irish and Gaelic gog, a nod, a slight motion.

    Full definition of goggle

    Verb

    1. to stare (at something) with wide eyes
      • Wodehouse Offing|IV, XII, and XV|... she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut. ... She left me fogged and groping for the inner meaning, and I could see from Aunt Dahlia's goggling eyes that the basic idea hadn't got across with her either. ... I didn't want to be hampered by an audience. When you're pushing someone into a lake, nothing embarrasses you more than having the front seats filled up with goggling spectators.
    2. to roll the eyes
      • HudibrasAnd wink and goggle like an owl.

    Noun

    goggle

    (plural goggles)
    1. a wide-eyed stare
    2. (in the plural) a pair of protective eyeglasses
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