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
Kevin Heenan, the thin-goggled duke with 30-foot range.
—Tom Corvin, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
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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
Kevin Heenan, the thin-goggled duke with 30-foot range.
—Tom Corvin, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goggle
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When Mahomes stares into the secondary, he’s greeted with congestion.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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The other two cats were shown sitting on the top of a toilet, staring at the fresh water in the sink, as if waiting patiently for their go.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Teresa could be seen gazing up at her husband, placing a hand under her stomach.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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Stay here for several breaths, sending the tailbone high, gazing toward the navel, and pressing your heels gently toward the mat.—
Julia Eskins,
Outside,
22 Sep. 2025
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While there's plenty to gawk at on-screen, the movie's greatest legacy might be its ridiculously quotable dialogue.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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But, as anthropologist and archaeologist Cyler Conrad writes, one perk was an abundance of exotic animals to gawk at or even keep as pets.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Goggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goggle. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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