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View synonyms for googly

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


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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.

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

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

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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