goggle

/ˈɡɒɡəl/

Etymology

From 14th century Middle English gogelen (“to roll (eyes), to look sideways”). Earlier source is unknown. The noun is attested from the 17th century. Compare Irish gog (“a nod, a slight motion”).

noun

  1. A wide-eyed stare or affected rolling of the eye.“Come and have a goggle at Fauzia’s new car!”
  2. A pair of protective eyeglasses.

verb

  1. To stare (at something) with wide eyes.“[...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut. [...] She left me fogged and groping for the inner meaning, and I could see from Aunt Dahlia's goggling eyes that the basic idea hadn't got across with her either. [...] I didn't want to be hampered by an audience. When you're pushing someone into a lake, nothing embarrasses you more than havin”
  2. To roll the eyes.“Inflam’d all over with Disgrace, / To be seen by her in such a Place; / Which made him hang his Head, and scoul, / And wink, and goggle like an Owl”