Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goggle

/ˈɡɑɡəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.43 in modern English

Syllables: gog-gle
IPA: /ˈɡɑɡəl/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stare (at something) with wide eyes.

verb

To roll the eyes.

noun

A wide-eyed stare or affected rolling of the eye.

noun

A pair of protective eyeglasses.

Example Sentences

"[...] 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 hampered by an audience. When you're pushing someone into a lake, nothing embarrasses you more than having the front seats filled up with goggling spectators."
"the rational pleas of astronomer Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and grad student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) for the public to trust science and understand the seriousness of the coming disaster will sound uncomfortably familiar to anyone who has goggled in disbelief at COVID and/or vaccine denialism."
"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"
"Come and have a goggle at Fauzia’s new car!"

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: gogelen

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɡɑɡəl/
British English: /ˈɡɒɡəl/

Inflected Forms

goggles (present, singular) goggling (participle, present) goggled (participle, past) goggled (past) goggles (plural)

Derived Forms

agoggle begoggled croggle goggleless goggler gogglesome goggly

Phrases

beer goggles goggle box goggle-eye goggle-eyed goggle-eyed plover love goggles goggle-moggle

Frequently Paired Words

goggle-moggle

Synonyms

gape gawp gawk

Homonyms

gargle (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)

Rhymes With

toggle boggle boondoggle vogl noggle ogle bogle joggle woggle snoggle croggle becroggle

Questions

How do you pronounce goggle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɑɡəl/.
What does goggle mean?: To stare (at something) with wide eyes.
Where does goggle come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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