as in to stare
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
goggled at the elaborate costumes and floats in the Mardi Gras parade
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Recent Examples of goggle
Studio commissaries, cafeterias and executive dining rooms long have been spaces to surreptitiously goggle at visiting talent as well as places to be seen with the powers that be for girding one’s position in the corporate pecking order.
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Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Nov. 2024
Snoop got schooled in the pool, even after breaking down and goggling up.
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Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
30 July 2024
Mok, the former second-in-command of the Yellow Neck daofei, goggled his eyes in surprise.
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Christian Holub,
EW.com,
5 May 2020
Any human eye, goggled by a car’s windshield, can graft such fantasies onto the great Mojave.
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Dan Chiasson,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2019
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Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Nov. 2024
Snoop got schooled in the pool, even after breaking down and goggling up.
—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
30 July 2024
Mok, the former second-in-command of the Yellow Neck daofei, goggled his eyes in surprise.
—
Christian Holub,
EW.com,
5 May 2020
Any human eye, goggled by a car’s windshield, can graft such fantasies onto the great Mojave.
—
Dan Chiasson,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goggle
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Now, yes, staring at the ceiling long enough to draw you a diagram of the paint peeling.
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In Taiwan, a student sitting for an entrance exam for a top medical school was discovered wearing smart glasses after proctors noticed the student staring oddly at the test, leading to an inspection that revealed the frame was emitting heat.
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An 1812 portrait by Thomas Sully presented him with a long, downturned nose and corners of his mouth to match, leaning on one hand at his desk and gazing over the pages of an open book.
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Terrion Arnold walked across the draft stage in Detroit in April 2024, gazed out at a then-record crowd after being selected by the host city’s franchise and delivered a message to Lions fans tuning in to see their newest addition.
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Instead, the skin-frying Friday saw common flow of people going through, gawking at the large screens and a group of sailors allowing some passing by to do pull-ups from a bar.
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The walk to the stadium is a mile or so along the Alaskan Way, where restaurants like the Crab Pot are opening up, but everyone is gawking at the street spectacle.
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“Goggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goggle. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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