gog·gle

(gŏg′əl)

v. gog·gled, gog·gling, gog·gles

v.intr.

1. To stare with wide and bulging eyes.

2. To roll or bulge. Used of the eyes.

v.tr.

To roll or bulge (the eyes).

1. A stare or leer.

2. goggles A pair of tight-fitting eyeglasses, often tinted or having side shields, worn to protect the eyes from hazards such as wind, glare, water, or flying debris.

[Middle English gogelen, to squint.]

gog′gly adj.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

goggles - tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes

eyeglasses, glasses, specs, spectacles - optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

نَظَّارَةٌ وَاقِيَّةنَظّارتان واقيتان من النار والغُبار

brýleochranné brýle

dykkerbriller

Schutzbrille Brille

προστατευτικά γυαλιά

gafas de natación gafas de protección

suojalasit

lunettes lunettes de protection

zaštitne naočale

úszószemüvegvédõszemüveg

hlífîar-/sundgleraugu

occhialetti occhiali di protezione

ゴーグル

고글

apsauginiai akiniai

aizsargbrilles

beschermbril

beskyttelsesbriller

okulary ochronne

óculos de proteção óculos de protecção

защитные очки

ochranné okuliare

očala

skyddsglasögon

แว่นตากันลม/ ฝุ่น

koruyucu gözlükyüzme gözlüğü

kính bảo hộ

护目镜风镜

goggles

[ˈgɒglz] NPL

1. (Aut etc) → anteojos mpl; [of diver] → gafas fpl de submarinismo

2. (= glasses) → gafas fpl

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

goggles

[ˈgɒg^əlz] npl [motorcyclist] → lunettes fpl (de motocycliste); [swimmer] → lunettes fpl de plongéego-go [ˈgəʊgəʊ] adj (mainly US) [period] → prospèrego-go dancer n → danseuse f de cabaret

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

goggles

pl → Schutzbrille f; (inf: = glasses) → Brille f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

goggles

[ˈgɒglz] npl (of skin-diver) → maschera; (of skier) → occhiali mpl da sci; (for workman) → occhiali (di protezione)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

goggles

(ˈgoglz) noun plural

a type of spectacles used to protect the eyes from dust, water etc. Many swimmers wear goggles in the water.

goggles

→ نَظَّارَةٌ وَاقِيَّة brýle dykkerbriller Schutzbrille προστατευτικά γυαλιά gafas de natación, gafas de protección suojalasit lunettes zaštitne naočale occhialetti ゴーグル 고글 beschermbril beskyttelsesbriller okulary ochronne óculos de proteção, óculos de protecção защитные очки skyddsglasögon แว่นตากันลม/ ฝุ่น yüzme gözlüğü kính bảo hộ 风镜

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

I want to rent goggles (US)
I want to hire goggles (UK) → Haluan vuokrata laskettelulasit → Je voudrais louer des lunettes → Želim unajmiti naočale → 고글을 빌리고 싶어요 → Ik wil een skibril huren → Jeg vil leie skibriller → Eu quero alugar óculos de esqui → Jag vill hyra skidglasögon → 我要租护目镜

goggles

npl gafas, gogles mpl (Ang); safety — gafas protectoras or de seguridad; swimming — gafas de natación or para nadar

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But when a long old man in a blanket overcoat, his head tied up in a handkerchief and nearly his entire face in a muffler, wearing green goggles and with a complexion of glittering whiteness where it could be seen, strode silently into the room, laying a hard, gloved hand on Mr.

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A broad patch of tattooing stretched completely across his face, in a line with his eyes, making him look as if he wore a huge pair of goggles; and royalty in goggles suggested some ludicrous ideas.

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You'll have to wear blue goggles, perhaps; won't that be funny?"

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They were bareheaded; their eyes were protected by iron goggles which projected an inch or more, the leather straps of which bound their ears flat against their heads were wound around and around with thick wrappings which a sword could not cut through; from chin to ankle they were padded thoroughly against injury; their arms were bandaged and rebandaged, layer upon layer, until they looked like solid black logs.

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Her sister, Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles on, had just come to live with her, and took a set at me now with a spelling-book.

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He had on blue goggles and the naturalest-looking long brown whiskers and mustashes you ever see.

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A romp in the drawing-room and never mind the furniture, or a scamper in the fresh, cool air, a scud across the fields and down the hill, and won't we let old Gaffer Goggles' geese know what time o' day it is, neither!

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Yesterday we met a woman riding on a little jackass, and she had a little child in her arms-- honestly, I thought the child had goggles on as we approached, and I wondered how its mother could afford so much style.

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Goggles, and tell him, `Pa's kind regards, and hopes his leg's better; and will he lend him his spirit-level?' And don't you go, Maria, because I shall want somebody to hold me the light; and when the girl comes back, she must go out again for a bit of picture-cord; and Tom!

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Jacobs himself, familiarly known as Old Goggles, from his habit of wearing spectacles, imposed no painful awe; and if it was the property of snuffy old hypocrites like him to write like copperplate and surround their signatures with arabesques, to spell without forethought, and to spout "my name is Norval" without bungling, Tom, for his part, was glad he was not in danger of those mean accomplishments.

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The Spaniard was wrapped in a serape; he had bushy white whiskers; long white hair flowed from under his sombrero, and he wore green goggles. When they came in, "t'other" was talking in a low voice; they sat down on the ground, facing the door, with their backs to the wall, and the speaker continued his remarks.

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Not that I wasn't partial to female society in my time," he added with a pathetic intonation, while the whites of his goggle eyes gleamed amorously under the clear night sky.

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