goggles
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably from goggle, from the appearance it gives the wearer.
Noun[edit]
goggles pl (plural only)
- Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.
- Goggles must be worn in the swimming pool.
- We had to put on our goggles as it was snowing outside.
- 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 31:
- Regretted that I had not provided myself with goggles, as the road is so constantly traveled that the dust became a most serious nuisance.
- Blinds for shying horses.
- (slang) Glasses; spectacles.
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Translations[edit]
protective eyewear
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
goggles
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
goggles
- third-person singular simple present indicative of goggle
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
goggles m pl (plural only)
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