Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

googly-eyed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: goo-gly-eyed
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having prominent, bulging eyes; bug-eyed.

adj

Having circular eyes with large dark centers; Having craft googly eyes for eyes, or having eyes with similar appearance.

adj

Making googly eyes; giving a look of infatuation or adoration; moonstruck.

adj

Staring in an unfocussed manner.

Example Sentences

"This girl comes up to me, this googly-eyed girl […] She has to be the ugliest *** that ever lived"
"Adding to that is the fact that the cow eye protrudes slightly from its socket, giving the cow a googly-eyed look."
"Isaac was about to correct him on that score, but the googly-eyed man got there first."
"Then he looked up to Pete's mirror. Aaargh! A googly-eyed monster looked back at him! "That's me." He laughed. "That magnifying glass sure does make my eye look big!""
"Quentin's eyes bulged. He'd always had a googly-eyed stare, more like a dehydrated carp than a man, but Tess had never realized how prominent it was before."
"I notice his sleepwear: candy corn sprinkled over flannel pants, a googly-eyed jack-o'-lantern grinning gaily from his T-shirt."

Etymology

From googly eye.

Inflected Forms

more googly-eyed (comparative) most googly-eyed (superlative)

Questions

What does googly-eyed mean?: Having prominent, bulging eyes; bug-eyed.
Where does googly-eyed come from?: From googly eye.

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