eye-popping
Americanadjective
adjective
Explanation
Something that's eye-popping is shocking. If you pull off an eye-popping reverse 2 1/2 somersault dive at your local pool, you will probably make quite a splash. (Get it?) An eye-popping profit from your lemonade stand might be a remarkable pile of quarters. The eye-popping dress you wear to a formal party makes such a strong impression on the other guests that many of them say, "Wow!" when they see you. This informal adjective comes from the cartoonish idea that someone could be so impressed or amazed that their eyes would pop out of their heads.
Vocabulary lists containing eye-popping
Idioms and Expressions, List 3
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Example Sentences
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In his first five starts, Wrobleski posted an eye-popping 0.56 ERA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
With Singh’s warning in mind for small-caps and microcap stocks on the index level, you might also be interested in a screen of microcap stocks that analysts expect to put up some eye-popping numbers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
For Haaland, it means his eye-popping international scoring record now features a goal of real substance to go alongside the five strikes against Moldova and another five hat-tricks versus Romania, Kazakhstan and Gibraltar among others.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The $335 million deal represents an eye-popping sum for a company that posted just $79.9 million in cloud storage revenue in 2025.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
I fetched a pack of ice from the chest freezer on the patio, but when the pack touched his leg he screamed—a back-arching, eye-popping scream that made my brain claw at my skull.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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