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goggle

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Noun, Verb (intransitive)
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gog=gle

CIDE DICTIONARY

gogglev. i. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. gog a nod, slight motion.].
     To roll the eyes; to stare.  [1913 Webster]
    "And wink and goggle like an owl."  [1913 Webster]
gogglea. 
     Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes.  [1913 Webster]
    "The long, sallow vissage, the goggle eyes."  [1913 Webster]
gogglen. [See Goggle, v. i.].
  •  A strained or affected rolling of the eye.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

goggle, v., adj., & n.
--v.
1 intr. a (often foll. by at) look with wide-open eyes. b (of the eyes) be rolled about; protrude.
2 tr. turn (the eyes) sideways or from side to side.
--adj. (usu. attrib.) (of the eyes) protuberant or rolling.
--n.
1 (in pl.) a spectacles for protecting the eyes from glare, dust, water, etc. b colloq. spectacles.
2 (in pl.) a sheep disease, the staggers.
3 a goggling expression.

Idiom
goggle-box Brit. colloq. a television set. goggle-dive an underwater dive in goggles. goggle-eyed having staring or protuberant eyes.
Etymology
ME, prob. from a base gog (unrecorded) expressive of oscillating movement

THESAURUS

goggle

bag, balloon, bedroom eyes, bellied, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, bore, bouge, bug, bug-eyed, bulge, bulged, come-hither look, crane, crane the neck, dilate, distend, evil eye, exophthalmic, eye, gape, gaup, gawk, gaze, gaze open-mouthed, glad eye, glare, gloat, glower, glowering look, goggled, look, look asquint, malocchio, ogle, peer, penetrating look, pooch, pop, popeyed, pouch, pouched, pout, round out, rubberneck, skew, squinch, squint, squint the eye, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare down, stare hard, swell, swell out, swollen, tumescent, tumid, tumorous, turgescent, turgid, ventricose, whammy

ROGET THESAURUS

goggle

Resonance

VB resound, reverberate, reecho, resonate, ring, jingle, gingle, chink, clink, tink, tinkle, chime, gurgle, plash, goggle, echo, ring in the ear.

Vision

VB see, behold, discern, perceive, have in sight, descry, sight, make out, discover, distinguish, recognize, spy, espy, ken, get a sight of, have a sight of, catch a sight of, get a glimpse of, have a glimpse of, catch a glimpse of, command a view of, witness, contemplate, speculate, cast the eyes on, set the eyes on, be a spectator of, look on, see sights, see at a glance, look, view, eye, lift up the eyes, open one's eye, look at, look on, look upon, look over, look about one, look round, survey, scan, inspect, run the eye over, run the eye through, reconnoiter, glance round, glance on, glance over turn one's looks upon, bend one's looks upon, direct the eyes to, turn the eyes on, cast a glance, observe, watch, see with one's own eyes, watch for, peep, peer, pry, take a peep, play at bopeep, look full in the face, look hard at, look intently, strain one's eyes, fix the eyes upon, rivet the eyes upon, stare, gaze, pore over, gloat on, leer, ogle, glare, goggle, cock the eye, squint, gloat, look askance.


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