goggles en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡɑ.ɡəlz/ (US)
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Etymology
Probably from goggle, from the appearance it gives the wearer.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.
Goggles must be worn in the swimming pool.
Regretted that I had not provided myself with goggles, as the road is so constantly traveled that the dust became a most serious nuisance.
1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 31:We had to put on our goggles as it was snowing outside.
- (broadly, plural, plural-only) Any safety glasses.
- (plural, plural-only) Blinds for shying horses.
- (broadly, plural, plural-only, slang) Any glasses (spectacles).
Deriveds
money goggles · microgoggles · love goggles · deployment goggles · beer goggles · nostalgia goggles · snow goggles · Arabian goggles
Descendants
Relateds
swimming goggles · safety glasses
Synonyms
Translations (33)
cmn 護眼鏡 /护眼镜 (protective eyewear) · fr lunettes de protection (protective eyewear) · nn vernebrille (protective eyewear) · it occhiali protettivi (protective eyewear) · nl beschermende brillen (protective eyewear) · sv skyddsglasögon (protective eyewear) · ia berillos protective (protective eyewear) · ca ulleres de protecció (protective eyewear) · es anteojos (protective eyewear) · es anteojos de protección (protective eyewear) · mi mō(w)hiti haumaru (protective eyewear) · ru защи́тные очки́ (protective eyewear) · fi suojalasit (protective eyewear) · es gafas de aviador (protective eyewear) · cmn 護目鏡 /护目镜 (protective eyewear) · pl okulary ochronne (protective eyewear) · es gafas de protección (protective eyewear) · ru го́глы (protective eyewear) · bg предпазни очила (protective eyewear) · it occhiali di protezione (protective eyewear) · fi silmäsuojat (protective eyewear) · ko 고글 (protective eyewear) · nl stofbril (protective eyewear) · nb vernebrille (protective eyewear) · pt óculos de proteção (protective eyewear) · cmn 風鏡 /风镜 (protective eyewear) · nl veiligheidsbril (protective eyewear) · sk ochranné okuliare (protective eyewear) · pl gogle (protective eyewear) · es antiparras (protective eyewear) · el προστατευτικά δίοπτρα (protective eyewear) · ja ゴーグル (protective eyewear) · de Schutzbrille (protective eyewear)