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gog⋅gler

  [gog-ler]
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–noun
1. a person who stares goggle-eyed.
2. a person who spearfishes.
3. bigeye scad.
Origin:
1815–25; goggle + -er 1

gog⋅gle

  [gog-uhl] noun, verb, -gled, -gling, adjective
–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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Goggler

Gog"gler\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A carangoid oceanic fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also goggle-eye, big-eyed scad, and cicharra.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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