noun

goggles

goggles

I always wear goggles for swimming.

I always wear goggles for swimming.

He put on his safety goggles.

He put on his safety goggles.

((a pair of)) goggles a set of protective eyewear I need a new pair of swimming goggles.

glasses, spectacles, sunglasses

From the verb 'to goggle', meaning to stare with wide-open eyes, which is how one might look wearing them.

Goggles go over your eyes to stop things 'goggling' in, like water or dust.

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