eye-popper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of eye-popper
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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The writers were brainstorming ideas for a spectacle: an elaborately designed comedic eye-popper, bigger than the “Meryl-Go-Round” or the “Mo’Lympics,” possibly approaching the scale of Billy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which aired last season.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016
There’s never been a scene in the series as memorable as that one, even if the exploding fish tank, the film’s other eye-popper, comes close.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2015
Readers with even a 20-watt memory ought to recognize this old eye-popper.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lovingly assembled career retrospective of 138 garments, which opened last month at New York City's National Academy of Design, is an eye-popper.
From Time Magazine Archive
To correspondents in Berlin, the invitation was an eye-popper.
From Time Magazine Archive
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