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gogglebox

gogglebox is the alternative spelling of goggle box.

Meaning of goggle box

Noun

goggle box (plural goggle boxes)

  1. (UK, slang) A television set.
    • The goggle box became my own private giggle box, from out of which came the likes of Richard ‘Mr Pastry’ Hearne, Charlie Drake and I Love Lucy.2012, Roger Foss, May the Farce Be With You, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN

Noun capitalized: Gogglebox

Gogglebox (plural Goggleboxes)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of goggle box.
    • It’s the same way we feel about having our shows make it on to Gogglebox: if it’s creating memorable moments that are quotable, funny, emotional, then we’re doing our job right.2022 September 22, Jess Thomson, quoting James Capel, “‘Becoming a meme totally helps a show’: is TV being written with epic gifs in mind?”, in The Guardian

Forms of gogglebox

pluralgoggleboxes
pluralGoggleboxes

Questions about gogglebox

What is gogglebox the alternative spelling of?
Gogglebox is the alternative spelling of goggle box.
What part of speech is gogglebox?
Gogglebox is a noun.
What is the plural of gogglebox?
The plural of gogglebox is goggleboxes.

Words near gogglebox in the dictionary

  1. goggle-eyed
  2. goggle-eyed plover
  3. goggle-eyed plovers
  4. goggle-eyes
  5. goggle-moggle
  6. gogglebox
  7. goggleboxes
  8. goggled
  9. goggleeyed
  10. goggleless
  11. goggler

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