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to begoggle

to begoggle

9.9
To put goggles on someone to protect their eyes
  • verb
  • /bɪˈɡɑɡəl/
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  • Before the race, the coach begoggled all the swimmers to ensure their safety in the water.

Examples

  • She begoggled her son before he jumped into the pool to keep him safe from splashes.

  • The instructor begoggled the students for their first diving lesson to protect their eyes.

  • A window opened up on the display, in which a tiny, sweaty, begoggled Doug dashed randomly about an empty white room, waving a short rod.

    Fiction book (2002)

Surface Forms

begoggle infinitive
begoggled past
begoggled past participle
begoggling present participle
begoggles third person singular

Morphology

begoggle = goggle (transparent) = be + goggle

The verb is formed by the productive English prefix 'be-' meaning 'to cause or provide with' plus 'goggle', yielding 'to put goggles on', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Begoggle is made from the prefix be- meaning 'to put on' and goggle meaning 'goggles' or 'protective glasses', so to begoggle someone is to put goggles on them.