• Googly-eyed

    Origin

    From googly eye.

    Full definition of googly-eyed

    Adjective

    googly-eyed

    1. Having prominent, bulging eyes; bug-eyed.
      • 2010, Brandy Taylor Fink
      • 2012, Florian Werner
      • 2013, Ruchama King Feuerman
      • 2015, Barbara E. Moss
      • 2022, Tamara Berry
    2. Having circular eyes with large dark centers; Having craft googly eyes for eyes, or having eyes with similar appearance.
      • 2017, Katy Upperman
      • 2021, Henrietta MacKenzie
      • 2023, Ronnie Janoff-Bulman
    3. Making googly eyes; giving a look of infatuation or adoration; moonstruck.
      • 2013, Loree Lough
      • 2018, L.A. Witt
      • 2022, Jonathan Shubs
      • 2022-10-28, w:Malcolm Harris, Are We Living Under ‘Technofeudalism’?, Even though they’re shifting the tone from googly-eyed naïveté to skepticism and even horror, they agree with Silicon Valley that computers and the internetworking thereof has revolutionized the mode of production.
      • 2023, Heidi Chiavaroli
    4. Staring in an unfocussed manner.
      • 2001, Larry L. King
      • 2009, Jeffrey S. Jenkins
      • 2022, Wendy Willow
      • 2023, London Lovett
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