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goggles

nounnounverbattested in dialogue

  • United States//ˈɡɑ.ɡəlz//

Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.

noun

  1. 1

    Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.

    Goggles must be worn in the swimming pool.

    We had to put on our goggles as it was snowing outside.

    Regretted that I had not provided myself with goggles, as the road is so constantly traveled that the dust became a most serious nuisance.

  2. 2

    Any safety glasses.

  3. 3

    Blinds for shying horses.

  4. 4

    slangAny glasses (spectacles).

Etymology

Probably from goggle, from the appearance it gives the wearer.

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of goggleplural of goggle

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of gogglethird-person singular simple present indicative of goggle

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Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).