Meaning of agoggle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Goggling: (of a person or face) staring with wide eyes; (of eyes) opened wide to stare.
2. Amazed (at something).

Examples

“his starting eyes / Both wide agoggle, twice their size.”

“[He] was agoggle with surprise.”

“I turned, to discover Louise’s face, pressed against the glass, a-goggle with worry and concern.”

“The boys, still young, not yet enamored of kung fu, would sprawl below the soft brown sofa, legs and hands entangled, eyes agoggle at the screen.”

“a. 1839, William Eaton, “An Essay” cited in James Nack, Earl Rupert, and Other Tales and Poems, New York: George Adlard, 1839, p. 128, such poetry as this / Must set you all a-goggle!”

“[…] the Crows were agoggle at the results of Jim’s dickering.”

“[…] a mysterious intruder leaving diminutive size-six footprints had residents agoggle.”

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