popeyed

[ pop-ahyd ]

adjective
  1. marked by bulging, staring eyes: a young boy popeyed with excitement.

Origin of popeyed

1
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; pop1 + eyed

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How to use popeyed in a sentence

  • Sheppy was coming around the corner of the granary in his most sedate manner, when the pop-eyed avalanche almost stepped on him.

  • Mr. Trimm was steered back again the length of the train through a double row of pop-eyed porters and staring trainmen.

    The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. Cobb
  • I turned back to the attendant at the bar, a pop-eyed nondescript in a white jacket.

  • He doesn't seem as pop-eyed now that I know him better, and he says some very bright things occasionally.

    Mary Ware's Promised Land | Annie Fellows Johnston
  • How it would be possible for such a pop-eyed, freckle-faced Piute as you to pack an astral body is more than I can understand.

    Out of the Air | Inez Haynes Irwin

British Dictionary definitions for popeyed

popeyed

/ (ˈpɒpˌaɪd) /


adjective
  1. having bulging prominent eyes

  2. staring in astonishment; amazed

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