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GOGGLE
goggle, gape, gawp, gawk
(verb) look with amazement; look stupidly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
goggle (third-person singular simple present goggles, present participle goggling, simple past and past participle goggled)
To stare (at something) with wide eyes.
To roll the eyes.
Noun
goggle (plural goggles)
A wide-eyed stare or affected rolling of the eye.
(in the plural) A pair of protective eyeglasses.
Source: Wiktionary
Gog"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Goggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Goggling.] Etym: [Cf. Ir. & Gael. gog a nod, slight motion.]
Definition: To roll the eyes; to stare. And wink and goggle like an owl. Hudibras.
Gog"gle, a.
Definition: Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes. The long, sallow vissage, the goggle eyes. Sir W. Scott.
Gog"gle, n. Etym: [See Goggle, v. i.]
1. A strained or affected rolling of the eye.
2. pl. (a) A kind of spectacles with short, projecting eye tubes, in the front end of which are fixed plain glasses for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc. (b) Colored glasses for relief from intense light. (c) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting. (d) Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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