googly eye

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English

A pair of googly eyes for handicrafts
A cat with googly eyes (strabismus)

Pronunciation

Noun

googly eye (plural googly eyes)

  1. Craft supplies typically made of white, black, and clear plastic that resemble eyes.
    • 2011, Jenny Dodd, Party Party‎:
      11. Twist the pipe cleaners around a wooden spoon to curl; add a googly eye to the end of each, securing with a small blob of Prestik®.
  2. (informal) Strabismus, a condition in which the two eyes do not align in the same direction; tropia, a squint.
    • 2006, Gardiner M. Weir, Music on the Wind‎:
      “What kind of a fellah?”
      “A fellah with a googly eye and a corduroi staff in his hand.” Clutching a box of darts Basil climbed drunkenly to his feet. He closed a lazy eye for the benefit of Sally in the kitchen and poised a dart.
    • 2016 January 21, Christian Cotroneo, “Cats With Googly Eyes Are Real, And They're Beautiful”, in The Dodo‎:
      "What some may refer to as 'cross-eyed' or 'googly eyes' is a medical condition called strabismus," Christy Michael, lead veterinarian at DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital, tells The Dodo.
  3. Eyes that bulge abnormally.

Verb

googly eye (third-person singular simple present googly eyes, present participle googly eyeing, simple past and past participle googly eyed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To observe intently; to stare (at something).
    Synonyms: eye, eyeball
    • 2007 March 18, Jeff Brumley, “Suspects kept to themselves, except the son”, in Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, page A1:
      “I know the boy was weird,” Horseshoe Lane resident Leland Ferguson said. “He’d come up to the school bus stop and googly-eye the children.”
    • 2019, Lillian White, Barbie Band-Aid, page 39:
      But nonetheless, I was always doing something, from reviewing protocols, reviewing potential injuries I could face that day, watching a movie, cleaning the MTC, googly eyeing the cute boys, always something I kept myself busy with!

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