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gogglest

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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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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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