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
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But halfway into the season, Moiraine has mostly done a lot of staring and a little bit of really amateurish manipulation that backfires spectacularly.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Zegler also shared a final retro-style clip of herself while looking off to the side and staring at the camera, laughing.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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As hundreds of lightning bugs illuminated the night at Blue Spring, all guests gazed in awe at this natural miracle, noting how remarkable and rare this phenomenon is becoming.—
Patrick Connolly,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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In a promotional video for the podcast, Mulvaney, a former musical theater performer, is seen singing in various whimsical scenarios that include standing in a shower, driving a car, gazing into a mirror while singing into a lollipop, and even belting out tunes on a yellow couch.—
Heather Hunter,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
20 Mar. 2025
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Everyone who stepped off the elevator was greeted by dozens of gawking, disappointed onlookers hoping to get the first glimpse of the woman of the hour.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
8 Mar. 2025
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Viewers are encouraged to gawk, laugh, and essentially normalize her subjugation.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Goggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goggle. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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