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popeyed
[pop-ahyd]
adjective
marked by bulging, staring eyes.
a young boy popeyed with excitement.
popeyed
/ ˈɒˌɪ /
adjective
having bulging prominent eyes
staring in astonishment; amazed
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
This is true Americanism — not the noxious nativism and malignant nationalism touted by popeyed populists.
In a British film called “My Bare Lady,” Weegee played the part of a nude popeyed judge in a nudist beauty contest.
Within a few years, the anxious, frizzy-haired, popeyed Mr. Wilder had become an unlikely movie star.
There's an oddly grotesque style to some of the character design, including the popeyed sloths, as well as the high jinks of the single-minded and physically elastic squirrel Scrat.
He’s an outrageous racial caricature: round-faced, popeyed, thick-lipped, a cartoon.
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