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goggles

/ˈɡɑ.ɡəlz/

goggles noun: protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face. Also the plural of goggle.

Noun

goggles pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.
    • Goggles must be worn in the swimming pool.
    • We had to put on our goggles as it was snowing outside.
  2. (broadly, plural, plural-only) Any safety glasses.
  3. (plural, plural-only) Blinds for shying horses.
    Synonyms:
    blinders
  4. (broadly, plural, plural-only, slang) Any glasses (spectacles).

Also used as

goggles is also the plural of goggle.

goggles is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of goggle.

goggles meaning in Bengali, Telugu, Gujarati and Nepali

goggles in Bengali

গগলস

goggles in Telugu

గాగుల్స్

goggles in Gujarati

ગોગલ્સ

goggles in Nepali

गगलहरू

Examples of goggles in a sentence

  • You should wear a pair of swimming goggles because of all the pollen.
  • I PUT ON my clear, dorktastic goggles automatically while Dylan fetched the dissecting tray.
  • A pimpled chin, dark with cathairs, a mouthful of irregular teeth, were visible below helmet and goggles.

All 18 example sentences with goggles

Synonyms of goggles

Origin of goggles

Probably from goggle, from the appearance it gives the wearer.

Words formed from goggles

Phrases with goggles

Questions about goggles

What does goggles mean?
Goggles means protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.
What is goggles in Bengali?
Goggles in Bengali is গগলস. See Goggles meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is goggles?
Goggles is a noun.
How do you pronounce goggles?
Goggles is pronounced /ˈɡɑ.ɡəlz/ (US).

Words near goggles in the dictionary

  1. goggled
  2. goggleeyed
  3. goggleless
  4. goggler
  5. gogglers
  6. goggles
  7. gogglesome
  8. gogglet
  9. gogglets
  10. Goggleye
  11. goggling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goggles (page history and authors); goggles (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goggles (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goggles (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goggles (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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