goggles
nounnounverbattested in dialogue
- United States//ˈɡɑ.ɡəlz//
Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.
noun
- 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
Any safety glasses.
- 3
Blinds for shying horses.
- 4
slangAny glasses (spectacles).
Etymology
Probably from goggle, from the appearance it gives the wearer.
noun
- 1
Also a form of goggleplural of goggle
verb
- 1
Also a form of gogglethird-person singular simple present indicative of goggle
goggles · Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.
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