googly

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʉːɡli/

The English word “googly” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

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.

adjective

Bulging.
Appearing to be amorous, flirtatious.

Etymology

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).

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