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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The solar eclipse had cities around the country staring at the sky in unison.Alexandra York, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Citizens of the world are staring in awe at the arrival of David Corenswet’s Man of Steel.Nick Romano, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Rubin, set against a backdrop of celestial objects, gazes to the sky.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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Two oculi adorn the ceiling in the bedroom and the tearoom, allowing guests to gaze at the sky as the train travels through Europe.Everett Potter, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Clingan’s face lit up, and teammates couldn’t help but gawk over the rings.Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 18 Nov. 2024
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The Washington Post, New Yorker and New York Times all searched for answers, gawking at the hundreds of millions Trump spent on golf properties without uncovering the source of the funds.Dan Alexander, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Goggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goggle. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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