googly

Everyday

1. Googly eyes are big round eyes that stick out, or the toy plastic eyes with a loose black dot that wobbles. tree →
2. In cricket, a googly is a tricky ball bowled by a spin bowler that turns the opposite way from what the batter expects. tree →

In the lessons

In arts and crafts, children stick googly eyes on puppets, rocks and paper monsters. In cricket, played in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, a googly is a famous trick ball for fooling the batter. In stories googly eyes make a character look silly or surprised.

Examples

• We stuck googly eyes on our sock puppets. tree →
• The monster in the picture had huge googly eyes. tree →
• The spin bowler fooled the batter with a googly. tree →
• My little brother made a rock pet with two googly eyes. tree →
• The batter expected the ball to turn left, but it was a googly. tree →
• The frog's eyes looked all googly when it jumped. tree →

Note

Informal. «Googly eyes» (plural) in crafts; «a googly» (countable) in cricket, plural googlies. Not related to the search engine Google.