Goggle box

Common synonyms include: boob tube, idiot box, television, television receiver, television set, telly.

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
A television set. British, slang
"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."
2
an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen wordnet

"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."

From goggle (“to stare at”) + box.