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Googly
Definitions
- 1 Bulging.
"“A shtinker,” the bug-eyed man said more loudly. […]“B'seder, fine, a shtinker rabbi,” the googly-eyed man amended, rubbing his lower gut. “But can’t you tell he’s an informer?”"
- 2 Appearing to be amorous, flirtatious. sometimes, usually
"‘Torture my foot! You think it’s torture for a man to ask his wife for attention? God save me from stupid women!’ – my father limped downstairs to make googly eyes at Colaba girls."
- 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."
- 2 a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way wordnet
Etymology
Unknown; perhaps derived from googie (“an egg, in reference to the unusual direction of bounce”). Though the delivery was perfected and made famous by English cricketer Bernard Bosanquet, circa 1900, the term is recorded earlier in Australian English (1896).
Uncertain. Perhaps from goo-goo (“amorous”), or directly from goggle. Attested from 1901.
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