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goggle-eyed
[ gog-uhl-ahyd ]
adjective
- having bulging, wide-open, or rolling eyes, especially in astonishment or wonderment.
adverb
- with bulging, wide-open eyes.
ˈgoggle-ˌeyed
adjective
- often postpositive with a surprised, staring, or fixed expression
Word History and Origins
Origin of goggle-eyed1
Example Sentences
Although we watch the behavior of the super-rich with goggle-eyed fascination, bad feeling toward them lurks in the wings.
Naw, I sold my outfit to a goggle-eyed pilgrim that has an idea buffalo hides is prime all summer.
Now Liebchen came in one day at high tide, chasing those little goggle-eyed squids that lived so many in the harbour.
The Irish and Gaelic for Goggle-eyed is gogshuileach, which the authorities refer to gog, “to move slightly” and suil, “an eye”.
I'm not talking of wishing; schoolboys wish, pale-cheeked freshmen at college, goggle-eyed ensigns in marching regiments wish.
The goggle eyed coroner with his beaver in his hand stepped a little to the front and commanded attention.
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