popeye

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈpɒpˌaɪ/
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/ˈpɒpˌaɪ/ · /ˈpʌpˌaɪ/ · /ˈpɒp.aɪ/

Definition of popeye

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A tough cartoon sailor, full name Popeye the Sailor, characterized by bulging forearm muscles, a squinty eye, and an affinity for spinach.
    “They seem equipped to drag the building between them right down Pennsylvania Avenue, but their progress is arrested by two heroes of Popeye musculature, government men putting a check rein on willful industry.”
    “Lenny gave him the Popeye squint as he rolled off to Frank, the other bodyguard on duty, who was standing on the other side of the stage behind the Epps camp.”
    “Choosing and prepping yeast Working the dough: You don't need Popeye arms.”
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name

  1. A tough cartoon sailor, full name Popeye the Sailor, characterized by bulging forearm muscles, a squinty eye, and an affinity for spinach.
    “They seem equipped to drag the building between them right down Pennsylvania Avenue, but their progress is arrested by two heroes of Popeye musculature, government men putting a check rein on willful industry.”
    “Lenny gave him the Popeye squint as he rolled off to Frank, the other bodyguard on duty, who was standing on the other side of the stage behind the Epps camp.”
    “Choosing and prepping yeast Working the dough: You don't need Popeye arms.”
  2. A nickname for a person who has attributes of the cartoon character.
    “The UPU faction, headed by Popeye Jackson, drew considerable numbers of members away from the Prisoners' Union when it split off in 1973, primarily taking with it the union's more radical convicts.”
    “"Arf, arfl" It was a Popeye expression, which he used to express pleasure or enthusiasm.”
    “FAN FAVORITE: С Popeye Jones (1988-92) Befitting his nickname, Ronald "Popeye" Jones never came up short in the effort department.”

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Exophthalmia.
  2. (countable, uncountable)Coryphaenoides cinereus (syn. Macrurus cinereus), a deep sea fish.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Fictional character name coined in 1929 by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar, presumably pop + eye.

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