goggle

American  

[gog-uhl] / ˈgɒg əl /

noun

1. goggles,

   1. large spectacles equipped with special lenses, protective rims, etc., to prevent injury to the eyes from strong wind, flying objects, blinding light, etc.

   2. spectacles designed for a special purpose, as night-vision or stereoscopic goggles.

   3. Informal. glasses, or eyeglasses.

      I can't see a thing without my goggles.

2. a bulging or wide-open look of the eyes; stare.

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verb (used without object)

goggles, present (3rd person singular) goggled, past participle, past goggling present participle

1. to stare with bulging or wide-open eyes.

   Synonyms:

   glare, gawp, gawk, ogle, gape

2. (of the eyes) to bulge and be wide open in a stare.

3. to roll the eyes.

4. (of the eyes) to roll.

5. Informal. spearfish.

verb (used with object)

goggles, present (3rd person singular) goggled, past participle, past goggling present participle

1. to roll (the eyes).

adjective

1. (of the eyes) rolling, bulging, or staring.

goggle British  

/ ˈɡɒɡəl /

verb

1. (intr) to stare stupidly or fixedly, as in astonishment

2. to cause (the eyes) to roll or bulge or (of the eyes) to roll or bulge

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noun

1. a fixed or bulging stare

2. (plural) spectacles, often of coloured glass or covered with gauze: used to protect the eyes

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• goggly
  adjective
• ungoggled
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Participles

• goggling
  present
• goggled
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• goggle
  simple
• goggles
  simple
• have goggled
  perfect
• has goggled
  perfect
• am goggling
  progressive
• are goggling
  progressive
• is goggling
  progressive
• have been goggling
  perfect progressive
• has been goggling
  perfect progressive

Past

• goggled
  simple
• had goggled
  perfect
• was goggling
  progressive
• were goggling
  progressive
• had been goggling
  perfect progressive

Future

• will goggle
  simple
• will have goggled
  perfect
• will be goggling
  progressive
• will have been goggling
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of goggle

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English gogelen “to look aside, squint”

Explanation

When you goggle, you stare with wide-open bug eyes. You might goggle at a monkey riding a unicycle down the main street of your town. You may have heard of goggles — those large, plastic glasses that you use to protect your eyes while you are skiing or using a blowtorch. You might look like you are wearing goggles when you goggle at something. If you are looking for a new way to say "What are you looking at?!" Try: "What are you goggling at?!"

Example Sentences

For now, I’ll just wait until someone comes up with a Goggle that lets me view only articles from satirical sources.

From The Verge • Jun. 22, 2022

Back at the resort base, I found spartan lunch options, a closed tuning shop and an empty Foggy Goggle — the après-ski bar at Stevens that has yet to open this season.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2022

He didn’t want me to see the kids on the Goggle screen.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2020

“I will always stick with Google blogs,” he wrote, “because I come under the Goggle security, and it stops hackers, govt ones mainly, trying to disrupt my blogs.”

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2010

She was Mary Goggle, 50, known as "Belfast Mary."

From Time Magazine Archive