googly
Americannoun
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googlies
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of googly
First recorded in 1900–05; origin uncertain
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Kurata also did the ensembles for the Oscar-nominated “Everything Everywhere All at Once” with its wardrobe of googly eyes and Elvis jumpsuits.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
A 20-year-old woman has been convicted on a graffiti charge for sticking googly eyes on a famous sculpture in South Australia.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
“We didn’t want googly eyes on the robot, nothing like that. So it did kind of surprise us when people seemed to feel very nurturing towards their robots.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
Not long after that, they saw the first bootleg merchandise: a toy version of Mico, el Micófono, a character that is just a microphone with googly eyes that street vendors could easily replicate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
“I can’t believe you brought me here just so you can make googly eyes at your boyfriend,” Imani says.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
Ahmed grew in confidence, bounding in, landing dipping leg-breaks and dangerous googlies.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2022
He was bowling googlies, flippers and sliders before the age of 10.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2022
“I’ll never bowl googlies again, never deliver a chinaman to a left-hander.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2017
Where until recently the Emerald Isle's saloons echoed to vociferous debate about economic downturns, the recent general election and mass emigration, the talk now is almost exclusively of right-arm spin, leg-breaks and googlies.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2011
Ultimately, he fixed upon the bowling of googlies.
From Years of Plenty by Ivor Brown
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