goggle-eyed

[ gog-uh l-ahyd ]

/ ˈgɒg əlˌaɪd /

having bulging, wide-open, or rolling eyes, especially in astonishment or wonderment.

with bulging, wide-open eyes.

Origin of goggle-eyed

1350–1400; Middle English gogel eied squinting, looking sideways

gog and magog, gogga, goggle, goggle-box, goggle-eye, goggle-eyed, gogglebox, goggler, gogh, goglet, gogo

Although we watch the behavior of the super-rich with goggle-eyed fascination, bad feeling toward them lurks in the wings.

The Brotherhood of Money |Daphne Merkin |January 2, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
She gave one hand to Mormon, the other to Sam, gazing at her in admiration that was radiant and goggle-eyed.

Rimrock Trail |J. Allan Dunn
The deathless sea takes no note of the flight of time; it still brings forth only brood upon brood of slimy, goggle-eyed things.

In the Open |Stanton Davis Kirkham
Raphael climbed up a dark staircase lined with mummies, Indian idols, stuffed crocodiles, and goggle-eyed monsters.

The World's Greatest Books, Vol. I |Various

But in the goggle-eyed monsters of Gillray there is nothing save the hat and the uniform which suggests the real Napoleon.

The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature |Arthur Bartlett Maurice
Dully Houston turned back to the sheriff and to the goggle-eyed Ba'tiste, trying to fathom it all.

The White Desert |Courtney Ryley Cooper

goggle-eyed

(often postpositive) with a surprised, staring, or fixed expression