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View synonyms for googly
googly
[ goo-glee ]
noun
, Cricket.
, plural goo·glies.
- a bowled ball that swerves in one direction and breaks in the other.
googly
/ ˈɡuːɡlɪ /
noun
- cricket an off break bowled with a leg break action
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Word History and Origins
Origin of googly1
First recorded in 1900–05; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of googly1
C20: Australian, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
Every one of those theories seems like the kind of googly-eyed lunacy only the fringiest fringe-dwellers would believe.
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I just have to remember being 12 or 13 years old and being googly eyed over him.
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Riley, a former fighter, sees in Cal shades of his former self, and watches his fights with googly I-love-you-man eyes.
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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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