goggles

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑ.ɡəlz/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑɡəlz

Etymology 1[edit]

Probably from goggle, from the appearance it gives the wearer.

Noun[edit]

goggles pl (plural only)

  1. 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.
  2. Blinds for shying horses.
  3. (slang) Glasses; spectacles.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

goggles

  1. plural of goggle

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

goggles

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of goggle

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Noun[edit]

goggles m pl (plural only)

  1. (Mexico) swimming goggles