Meanings
plural goggle boxes · alternative gogglebox · alternative goggle-box · alternative Gogglebox
- UKslangA television set.
The goggle box became my own private giggle box, from out of which came the likes of Richard ‘Mr Pastry’ Hearne, Charlie Drake and I Love Lucy.
2012, Roger Foss, May the Farce Be With You, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From goggle (“to stare at”) + box.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
goggle box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goggle%20box
“goggle box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goggle%20box. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goggle box,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goggle%20box.
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