adj
Meaning 1
Bulging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
googly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɡʉːɡli/
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General-American: /ˈɡuɡli/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
adj
Meaning 2
Appearing to be amorous, flirtatious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: sometimes, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- His weakness in batting is against googly.
- He bowled a googly that sparked a shout for LBW.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bosie, bosey, wrong 'un
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wrong 'un, bosie, bosie ball
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bowling
History
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from goo-goo (“amorous”), or directly from goggle. Attested from 1901.
Unknown; perhaps derived from googie (“an egg, in reference to the unusual direction of bounce”). Though the delivery was perfected and made famous by English cricketer Bernard Bosanquet, circa 1900, the term is recorded earlier in Australian English (1896).