googly eye meaning: definition, quotations

googly eye

noun

A craft item resembling an eye, typically made of white, black, and clear plastic.

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^®.2011, Jenny Dodd, Party Party:

Informal An eye exhibiting strabismus, failing to align with the other eye.

“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.2006, Gardiner M. Weir, Music on the Wind:

In plural, Informal The condition strabismus itself.

"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.2016 January 21, Christian Cotroneo, “Cats With Googly Eyes Are Real, And They're Beautiful”, in The Dodo:

An eye that bulges abnormally.

verb

Informal To observe intently; to stare (at something).

“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.”2007 March 18, Jeff Brumley, “Suspects kept to themselves, except the son”, in Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, page A1:
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!2019, Lillian White, Barbie Band-Aid, page 39: