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goggle

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gog⋅gle

  [gog-uhl] noun, verb, -gled, -gling, adjective
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–noun
1. goggles, large spectacles equipped with special lenses, protective rims, etc., to prevent injury to the eyes from strong wind, flying objects, blinding light, etc.
2. a bulging or wide-open look of the eyes; stare.
–verb (used without object)
3. to stare with bulging or wide-open eyes.
4. (of the eyes) to bulge and be wide open in a stare.
5. to roll the eyes.
6. (of the eyes) to roll.
7. Informal. to spearfish.
–verb (used with object)
8. to roll (the eyes).
–adjective
9. (of the eyes) rolling, bulging, or staring.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME gogelen to look aside; cf. agog
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gog·gle   (gŏg'əl)   
v.   gog·gled, gog·gling, gog·gles

v.   intr.

  1. To stare with wide and bulging eyes.

  2. To roll or bulge. Used of the eyes.

v.   tr.
To roll or bulge (the eyes).
n.  

  1. A stare or leer.

  2. goggles A pair of tight-fitting eyeglasses, often tinted or having side shields, worn to protect the eyes from hazards such as wind, glare, water, or flying debris.


[Middle English gogelen, to squint.]
gog'gly adj.
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Word Origin & History

goggle  (v.)
1540, from M.E. gogelen "to roll about" (c.1380), infl. by M.E. gogel-eyed "squint-eyed, one-eyed" (1382), of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow imitative. As a surname (Robert le Gogel) attested from 1307. Noun sense of "protective eyeglasses" first recorded 1715.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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