eye-popper

American  

[ahy-pop-er] / ˈaɪˌpɒp ər /

noun

Informal.

1. something that causes astonishment or excitement.

---

Etymology

Origin of eye-popper

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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

For the Western military attaches driving from Kuwait into Iraq, the spectacle must have been an eye-popper.

From Time Magazine Archive

To correspondents in Berlin, the invitation was an eye-popper.

From Time Magazine Archive

Readers with even a 20-watt memory ought to recognize this old eye-popper.

From Time Magazine Archive