"goggle-eyed" meaning in English

See goggle-eyed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more goggle-eyed [comparative], most goggle-eyed [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} goggle-eyed (comparative more goggle-eyed, superlative most goggle-eyed)
  1. Having prominent eyes; with the eyes widely opened or protruding, either naturally or from astonishment or curiosity. Categories (topical): Eye Synonyms: boggle-eyed
    Sense id: en-goggle-eyed-en-adj-pekQWMjr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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          "text": "1974, Esther Pasztory, The Iconography of the Teotihuacan Tlaloc, Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology No. 15, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C., p. https://books.google.ca/books?id=L0QClI2QOwQC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false\nThe frequency of goggle-eyed figures and water symbolism in Teotihuacan art has misled investigators into assuming that ll figures with these associations represent Tlaloc."
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