goggle

«goggle» in Mova's school dictionary: to stare with wide, bulging eyes, often in surprise — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (goggle, goggles, goggled, goggling); noun (goggles)

meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To goggle is to stare with wide, bulging eyes, often in surprise. tree →

2) (noun) Goggles are glasses that protect the eyes, such as for swimming or skiing. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a creature with goggle eyes has big round eyes that stick out; to goggle at someone is to stare at them in wonder

examples

• The frog had goggle eyes. tree →
• The children goggled at the giant cake. tree →
• Wear goggles when you swim. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Beavers can stay underwater for about 15 minutes, and see-through eyelids work like swimming goggles.
• Goggles are worn in the school lab because eyes are delicate and some chemicals damage them in seconds.
• Swimming goggles stop the chlorine in pool water from stinging your eyes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «goggle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.