goggle-eyed

goggle-eyed

1. With the eyes open very wide in surprise. I have some great pictures of the kids looking positively goggle-eyed at the zoo. Mary's announcement that she was pregnant left most of us goggle-eyed. We stared goggle-eyed at the firemen as they rushed past us into the burning building.

2. slang Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really goggle-eyed! I'm past the point in my life where I want to spend every weekend at a bar getting goggle-eyed. I must have been goggle-eyed if I got up and did karaoke at the bar last night!

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goggle-eyed

and googly-eyed (ˈgɑglæɑɪd and ˈgugliɑɪd)

mod. alcohol intoxicated and staring. Willy was goggle-eyed and couldn’t stand up.

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