goggle

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡɒ.ɡəl/, X-SAMPA: /"gQ.g@l/

  Rhymes: -ɒɡəl

Verb

goggle (third-person singular simple present goggles, present participle goggling, simple past and past participle goggled)

1. to stare (at something) with wide eyes
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter 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
   • Hudibras

     And wink and goggle like an owl.

Translations

stare with wide eyes

• Finnish: toljottaa, töllistellä
• German: glotzen (de)

• Romanian: holba (ro)

Noun

Wikipedia goggle (plural goggles)

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

Derived terms

• goggle box
• beer goggles
• love goggles

Translations

a wide-eyed stare

• Finnish: toljotus, töllistely

a pair of protective eyeglasses — see goggles