goggle

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to stare with the eyes wide open, especially in surprise or amazement

   Tourists stopped to goggle at the enormous mechanical clock.

2. 2
   verb

   to make the eyes bulge, roll, or move conspicuously

   The actor goggled his eyes to make the children laugh.

3. 3
   noun

   a wide-eyed stare or conspicuous rolling of the eyes, chiefly in informal British use

   Come and have a goggle at the new car, she said.

From Middle English gogelen ('to roll the eyes or look sideways'), of uncertain origin. The noun followed from the verb; goggles were later named for the way their lenses cover or accentuate the eyes.

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