googly-eyed

adjective

goo·​gly-eyed ˈgü-glē-ˌīd How to pronounce googly-eyed (audio)
: goggle-eyed

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Mia puffs up her body to look intimidating, as the googly-eyed statue stares back at her. — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025 The ants that animators once morphed into googly-eyed caricatures in films such as A Bug’s Life and Antz just received a meticulously precise anatomical reboot. — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026 Gritty — the googly-eyed, wild-bearded, furry menace introduced by the Flyers in September 2018 — has long been a source of viral moments during the regular season. — Ryan Brennan april 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026 In the one that opens the film, Forky (Tony Hale), the googly-eyed spork, marries a plastic knife called Karen Beverly (Melissa Villaseñor), a name so perfectly unmelodious that only a kid, or an adult exceptionally good at thinking like one, could have concocted it. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for googly-eyed

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Etymology

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First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of googly-eyed was in 1926

Rhymes for googly-eyed

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“Googly-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/googly-eyed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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