Googly-eyed
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Having prominent, bulging eyes; bug-eyed.
"This girl comes up to me, this googly-eyed girl […] She has to be the ugliest *** that ever lived"
- 2 Having circular eyes with large dark centers; Having craft googly eyes for eyes, or having eyes with similar appearance.
"I notice his sleepwear: candy corn sprinkled over flannel pants, a googly-eyed jack-o'-lantern grinning gaily from his T-shirt."
- 3 Making googly eyes; giving a look of infatuation or adoration; moonstruck.
"It was you two, lookin' all googly-eyed at each other that held us up."
- 4 Staring in an unfocussed manner.
"He had said little during the long ride back from our hush-hush rendezvous, just staring googly-eyed and abstracted down the slab, stroking his jawline now and again, nodding his head silently as if to ratify that yes, yes, that certainly was a goddamn road ahead, lots of road."
Example
More examples"This girl comes up to me, this googly-eyed girl […] She has to be the ugliest *** that ever lived"
Etymology
From googly eye.
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