goggle Meaning, Definition & Usage

Gog"gle intransitive verb

Etymology

Cf. Ir. & Gael. gog a nod, slight motion.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Goggled ; present participle & verbal noun Goggling

Definitions

1. To roll the eyes; to stare.

   And wink and goggle like an owl. Hudibras.

Gog"gle adjective

Definitions

1. Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes.

   The long, sallow vissage, the goggle eyes. Sir W. Scott.

Gog"gle noun

Etymology

See Goggle, v. i.

Definitions

1. A strained or affected rolling of the eye.
2. pl. (a) 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. (b) Colored glasses for relief from intense light. (c) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting. (d) Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through.