popeyed

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7

Definition of popeyed

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. having bulging eyes
    “1994, Kenzaburō Ōe, The Pinch Runner Memorandum, translated by Michiko N. Wilson and Michael K. Wilson, Sharpe, Chapter 4, p. 88, From behind large and sinister-looking frames her popeyed gaze—it could be from hyperthyroidism—swept over us.”
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adj

  1. having bulging eyes
    “1994, Kenzaburō Ōe, The Pinch Runner Memorandum, translated by Michiko N. Wilson and Michael K. Wilson, Sharpe, Chapter 4, p. 88, From behind large and sinister-looking frames her popeyed gaze—it could be from hyperthyroidism—swept over us.”
  2. (broadly)astonished
    “Files of women passed balancing vegetable baskets on their heads, and pop-eyed children who stared at the Europeans.”

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Etymology

From pop + eyed.

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