googly
noun
a bowled ball that swerves in one direction and breaks in the other.
googlies
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pluralof googly.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Brook and Livingstone were bowled by his googlies and afterwards the only boundaries were hit by England's skipper until one by Adil Rashid in the 19th over.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
He was bowling googlies, flippers and sliders before the age of 10.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2022
Sky subscriptions may be buoyant and ITV may have clambered out of the ditch, but it is not for nothing that media execs mutter about a certain tech giant bowling them googlies.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2011
Admittedly, few who speak of them know what right-arm spin, leg-breaks or googlies are, but that's irrelevant.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2011
There is often a certain looseness about the attack after lunch, and the bowler of googlies took advantage of it now.
From Mike by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
