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
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.
—Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
Kevin Heenan, the thin-goggled duke with 30-foot range.
—Tom Corvin, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
After her final run, the American freeskier remained down at the bottom of the halfpipe, hands covering her goggled eyes, undoubtedly overcome with emotions.
—The Si Staff, SI.com, 24 Feb. 2018
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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.
—Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
Kevin Heenan, the thin-goggled duke with 30-foot range.
—Tom Corvin, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
After her final run, the American freeskier remained down at the bottom of the halfpipe, hands covering her goggled eyes, undoubtedly overcome with emotions.
—The Si Staff, SI.com, 24 Feb. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goggle
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It’s described as a long, blank and expressionless stare in a variety of social situations.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Vortex Media has all rights in Canada to the film staring Maren Heary (She Said), Jim Kaplan (The Holdovers), Karsen Liotta (Black Bird), Dominic Bogart (Fear The Walking Dead), Emily Hall (Wrong Numbers) and Tenley Kellogg.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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Some even have private fire pits on the balcony—perfect for cool evenings, gazing at the stars.—
Rafael Peña,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 2025
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In one photograph, Second Lieutenant Cuthbert Higgins gazes at the camera with movie-star intensity.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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Where’s the line between puzzling out his psychology and just gawking at a sicko for nine hours?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 July 2025
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Number one, of course, would be Leonardo da Vinci, whose Mona Lisa at the Louvre is always surrounded by a gawking mob.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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“Goggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goggle. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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