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Definition of Goggle
1. Verb. Look with amazement; look stupidly.
Definition of Goggle
1. v. i. To roll the eyes; to stare.
2. a. Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes.
3. n. A strained or affected rolling of the eye.
Definition of Goggle
1. Verb. to stare (at something) with wide eyes ¹
2. Verb. to roll the eyes ¹
3. Noun. a wide-eyed stare ¹
4. Noun. (in the plural) a pair of protective eyeglasses ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Goggle
1. to stare with wide eyes [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]
Medical Definition of Goggle
1. 1. A screen cover for the eye. 2. A type of spectacle with auxiliary shields for protecting the eyes. Origin: M.E. Gogelen, to squint Plethysmographic goggle, a specially designed goggle to serve as an ophthalmodynamometer while permitting subjective visual and objective ocular changes during transient increased intraocular pressure. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goggle
Literary usage of Goggle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Others will have such a divided face between a devout goggle and an inviting
glance, that the unnatural mixture will make the best look to be at that time ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... and his goggle evc. B. Jons. Poetaster, iii, 4. On the cold present of a poesy.
.... goggle ..."
3. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"... large prominent eyes, goggle eyes; —bonbon, m. cracker-bonbon, bonbon cracker; —
bua)f,e,/. pop-gun; ..."
4. The Parson, Pen, and Pencil: Or, Reminiscences and Illustrations of an by George Musgrave Musgrave (1843)
"... exceedingly fat grenadier of the National Guards, with a pair of " goggle"
spectacles on his nose, the appearance of .which was not a little ludicrous. ..."
5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1878)
"The goggle-eye is a gamer fish, ... a friend and I killed in three hours a string
of over thirty goggle-eyes, in the rapids below the falls of a mill-dam, ..."
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