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   goggle

   /ˈɡɒɡl/

   verb

   • 1. look with wide open eyes, typically in amazement: "I goggled at them in total disbelief"
   • ▪ (of the eyes) open wide or protrude: "with their eyes goggling and their tongues hanging out"

   adjective

   • 1. (of the eyes) protuberant or rolling.

   noun

   • 1. close-fitting glasses with side shields, for protecting the eyes from glare, dust, water, etc.: "a pair of goggles"
   • ▪ glasses. informal
   • 2. a stare with protruding eyes: "their goggle mesmerizes even fishmongers"
   • 3. the staggers (a disease of sheep).

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘look to one side, squint’): probably from a base symbolic of oscillating movement.

   Derivatives

   • 1. goggled adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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     2

   • O

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   • G

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   • G

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   • L

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