googly

[ goo-glee ]

noun

, Cricket.

, plural goo·glies.

1. a bowled ball that swerves in one direction and breaks in the other.

googly

/ ˈɡuːɡlɪ /

noun

1. cricket an off break bowled with a leg break action

Word History and Origins

Origin of googly¹

First recorded in 1900–05; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of googly¹

C20: Australian, of unknown origin

Example Sentences

You can hold them on your hand, and they just look at you with their big googly eyes, and their mouth always looks like they have on a big smile.

From Science News

Every one of those theories seems like the kind of googly-eyed lunacy only the fringiest fringe-dwellers would believe.

From The Daily Beast

I just have to remember being 12 or 13 years old and being googly eyed over him.

From The Daily Beast

Riley, a former fighter, sees in Cal shades of his former self,  and watches his fights with googly I-love-you-man eyes.

From The Daily Beast

They were looking at one another like a couple of googly-eyed kids at the end of a date in a sitcom.

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