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goggle

/ˈɡɒɡəl/ UK
/ˈɡɑɡəl/ US

Sounds like gargle (non-rhotic, father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɒɡəl

Where it comes from

From 14th century Middle English gogelen (“to roll (eyes), to look sideways”). Earlier source is unknown. The noun is attested from the 17th century. Compare Irish gog (“a nod, a slight motion”).

verb goggles · goggling · goggled

To stare (at something) with wide eyes. [...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut. [...] She left me fogged and groping for the inner meaning, and I could see from Aunt Dahlia's goggling eyes that the basic idea hadn't got across with her either. [...] I didn't want to be hampe
Similar: gape
To roll the eyes. Inflam’d all over with Disgrace, / To be seen by her in such a Place; / Which made him hang his Head, and scoul, / And wink, and goggle like an Owl

noun goggles

A wide-eyed stare or affected rolling of the eye. Come and have a goggle at Fauzia’s new car!
in plural A pair of protective eyeglasses.

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verb stare with wide eyes

Deutsch	glotzen
Română	holba
Русский	тара́щить глаза́ taráščitʹ, тара́щиться taráščitʹsja

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@misc{goggle_2026,
  title = {goggle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/goggle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}