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Origin of goggle
First recorded in 1350â1400; Middle English gogelen âto look aside, squintâ
historical usage of goggle
Try searching the internet for goggle and you will most likely be shown search results for Google . Etymologists wonât be much more help, as they are as stumped by goggleâs origins as Google is by its spelling. What we do know about it is that it first shows up in the late 14th century, in the form of gogelen, a Middle English word with the meanings âto turn the eyes from one side to the other, to look sideways, squint,â and developed from there.
The first senses of goggle dealt with the movement of the eyesâquite literally the rolling or bulging of eyes. It was not until the early 18th century that goggle took on meanings that extended beyond the eyeball (though not very far beyond). In the early 1700s, speakers of English used the plural goggles to refer to large, protective eye coverings. As the use of cars became more widespread in the early 20th century, the demand for driving goggles increased. Though only vintage car enthusiasts have a need for those today, safety goggles can commonly be found in any high school chemistry class that follows standard safety codes.
While those types of goggles are designed to protect, a new kind of goggles, which do nothing to protect the wearerâ beer goggles âsurfaced in English in the late 1980s. This slang term for the metaphorical goggles that extremely drunk people âwear,â with the effect of diminishing their judgment, is still widely used today.
The first senses of goggle dealt with the movement of the eyesâquite literally the rolling or bulging of eyes. It was not until the early 18th century that goggle took on meanings that extended beyond the eyeball (though not very far beyond). In the early 1700s, speakers of English used the plural goggles to refer to large, protective eye coverings. As the use of cars became more widespread in the early 20th century, the demand for driving goggles increased. Though only vintage car enthusiasts have a need for those today, safety goggles can commonly be found in any high school chemistry class that follows standard safety codes.
While those types of goggles are designed to protect, a new kind of goggles, which do nothing to protect the wearerâ beer goggles âsurfaced in English in the late 1980s. This slang term for the metaphorical goggles that extremely drunk people âwear,â with the effect of diminishing their judgment, is still widely used today.
OTHER WORDS FROM goggle
un·gog·gled, adjectiveWords nearby goggle
go-forward, Gog, Gog and Magog, go-getter, gogga, goggle, goggle-box, goggle-eye, goggle-eyed, goggler, Gogh
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How to use goggle in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for goggle
goggle
/ (ËÉĄÉÉĄÉl) /
verb
(intr) to stare stupidly or fixedly, as in astonishment
to cause (the eyes) to roll or bulge or (of the eyes) to roll or bulge
noun
a fixed or bulging stare
(plural) spectacles, often of coloured glass or covered with gauze: used to protect the eyes
Derived forms of goggle
goggly, adjectiveWord Origin for goggle
C14: from gogelen to look aside, of uncertain origin; see agog
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