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googlies

googlies is the plural of googly.

Meaning of googly

Noun

googly (plural googlies)

  1. A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.
    • His weakness in batting is against googly.
    Synonyms:
    bosie, bosey, wrong 'un

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Questions about googlies

What is googlies the plural of?
Googlies is the plural of googly.

Words near googlies in the dictionary

  1. googley eye
  2. googley eyes
  3. Googlian
  4. Googliath
  5. googlier
  6. googlies
  7. googliest
  8. googling
  9. googling up
  10. Googlise
  11. Googlised

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