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
Over and over, we are invited to goggle at such amazingness.
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
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
Hippos goggled at us from their muddy pools; crocodiles blinked from sandbanks.
—Paul Theroux, Town & Country, 17 June 2013
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
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
Hippos goggled at us from their muddy pools; crocodiles blinked from sandbanks.
—Paul Theroux, Town & Country, 17 June 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goggle
Verb
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Just over a year ago its Marvel Studios division was staring into an abyss.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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In the clip, the blonde dachshund stares at his bowl of dry food, clearly unimpressed.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Soaring windows bracketing the bar offer unimpeded views of the nearby Wasatch Mountains and downtown, while cutouts behind the couches allow guests to gaze down on the main lobby below.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Pregnant Brittany Mahomes Shows Off Her Impressive Squats as She Bares Her Bump in the Gym She laughed in the photo as her baby girl rested in pink pajamas, while Bronze gazed at them both while sitting on the floor.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Women bearing sparklers and bottles of champagne descended, as clubbers gawked from the perimeter.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Ropes were fixed and the jolly-boat was hauled up to the main deck, where a scattering of sailors waited, gawking curiously.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Goggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goggle. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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