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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Goggle \Gog"gle\, a.
     Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes.
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           The long, sallow vissage, the goggle eyes. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Goggle \Gog"gle\, n. [See {Goggle}, v. i.]
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     1. A strained or affected rolling of the eye.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Goggle \Gog"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Goggled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Goggling}.] [Cf. Ir. & Gael. gog a nod, slight motion.]
     To roll the eyes; to stare.
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           And wink and goggle like an owl.         --Hudibras.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  goggle
       v : look with amazement; look stupidly [syn: {gape}, {gawp}, {gawk}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "goggle":
     bag, balloon, bedroom eyes, bellied, belly, belly out, bilge,
     billow, bore, bouge, bug, bug-eyed, bulge, bulged,
     come-hither look, crane, crane the neck, dilate, distend, evil eye,
     exophthalmic, eye, gape, gaup, gawk, gaze, gaze open-mouthed,
     glad eye, glare, gloat, glower, glowering look, goggled, look,
     look asquint, malocchio, ogle, peer, penetrating look, pooch, pop,
     popeyed, pouch, pouched, pout, round out, rubberneck, skew,
     squinch, squint, squint the eye, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at,
     stare down, stare hard, swell, swell out, swollen, tumescent,
     tumid, tumorous, turgescent, turgid, ventricose, whammy
  
  

















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