goggle-eyed

American  

[gog-uhl-ahyd] / ˈgɒg əlˌaɪd /

adjective

1. having bulging, wide-open, or rolling eyes, especially in astonishment or wonderment.

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adverb

1. with bulging, wide-open eyes.

ˈgoggle-ˌeyed British  

adjective

1. (often postpositive) with a surprised, staring, or fixed expression

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Etymology

Origin of goggle-eyed

1350–1400; Middle English gogel eied squinting, looking sideways

Example Sentences

Shortly after nightfall, a fierce tussle ended when he reeled in a silver, goggle-eyed swordfish.

From Science Magazine

Like so many of his compatriots, he was left goggle-eyed by a dramatic twist in the story that occurred weeks after he created his design, just 10 days before the stamp was released.

From Los Angeles Times

The 41-24 pasting in front of 78,030 goggle-eyed witnesses would become the seventh straight Georgia loss to Alabama dotting the last 14 seasons among neighbors who seldom meet.

From Washington Post

Julian Huxley, a British biologist, recalled in his memoir that in about 1891, when he was 4, a goggle-eyed toad surprised him by hopping out of a nearby hedge.

From New York Times

And another company, Intel, is trying to drum up excitement for its processors even as we’re still goggle-eyed at the performance Apple achieved on its own chips.

From The Verge