goggle

UK: /ˈgɒg^əl/ US: /ˈgɑgəl/ ,(gog′əl)

Inflections of 'goggle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

goggles

v 3rd person singular

goggling

v pres p

goggled

v past

goggled

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

gog•gle /ˈgɑgəl/   n., v., -gled, -gling, adj. 
n. 

1. goggles, [plural] large glasses equipped with special lenses, protective rims, etc., to prevent injury to the eyes from strong wind, flying objects, blinding light, etc.

v. [~ (+ at)]

2. to stare with wide-open eyes:
   We all goggled at the spectacle.

adj. [before a noun]

3. bulging or staring:
   goggle eyes.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

gog•gle  (gog′əl), n., v., -gled, -gling, adj. 
n. 

1. goggles, large spectacles equipped with special lenses, protective rims, etc., to prevent injury to the eyes from strong wind, flying objects, blinding light, etc.
2. a bulging or wide-open look of the eyes;
   stare.

v.i. 

3. to stare with bulging or wide-open eyes.
4. (of the eyes) to bulge and be wide open in a stare.
5. to roll the eyes.
6. (of the eyes) to roll.
7. Informal Terms to spearfish.

v.t. 

8. to roll (the eyes).

adj. 

9. (of the eyes) rolling, bulging, or staring.

• 1350–1400; Middle English gogelen to look aside; compare agog

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

goggle / ˈɡɒɡ^əl/ verb

1. (intransitive) to stare stupidly or fixedly, as in astonishment
2. to cause (the eyes) to roll or bulge or (of the eyes) to roll or bulge

noun

1. a fixed or bulging stare
2. (plural) spectacles, often of coloured glass or covered with gauze: used to protect the eyes

Etymology: 14th Century: from gogelen to look aside, of uncertain origin; see agog