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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But Oskar continued to be mesmerized, staring at the rotating blades.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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Perhaps the Staring Girl is just that, a staring girl.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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After the postgame fanfare and award presentations concluded, Griffin stood in a corner of the stage gazing out at the sea of supporters as Bueckers leaned into her back and wrapped her arms around the veteran forward.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2025
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The trailer that Amazon MGM Studios shared shows Gosling and his small team in space, gazing out at a dazzling constellation of stars.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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Some may gawk at the duchess for televising her lifestyle at a California estate, accusing her of being out of touch with the times.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Nearly 100 reporters still showed up to gawk at their greatness.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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