Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having bulging eyes.
- adjective Amazed; astonished.
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- adjective having
bulging eyes - adjective by extension
astonished
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective with eyes or mouth open in surprise
- adjective having bulging eyes
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Examples
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In the course of their journey they slay digital wolves and encounter popeyed, suppurating corpses that help the filmmakers avoid any accusation of light-heartedness.
'Witch': Toil And Trouble Joe Morgenstern 2011
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Hillary was popeyed for the longest time and now McCain is popeyed.
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In any case, I have heard him preach several time and can testify, brothers and sisters, that Jimmy can still leave 'em popeyed.
Daniel Krotz: Jim Bakker and the Counterfeit Hell Robbers Daniel Krotz 2010
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A native, popeyed with terror, had dropped to his knees in front of the weird - looking "spaceman."
Golden State 2010
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Greed and recklessness had turned him into a breathless popeyed man who couldn't laugh without gasping for air and pleading for more time.
Beard 2010
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On the way home Bud kept everyone chuckling with his jokes about York's popeyed reaction when
Golden State 2010
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Has anyone noticed that CNN editors deliberately pick photos that make Obama's opponents look popeyed?
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Why had I not seen that all Buddy's foolery, his flatulence, his stumbles, his bad memory, and his popeyed look of suffocation signified that he had only days left?
Beard 2010
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I decided the song would be my anthem, and to consecrate the decision, I drew in a variety of Sharpie colors on a T-shirt two crossed Vox guitars surmounted with a popeyed skull.
Living With Music: Bill Cotter - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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I decided the song would be my anthem, and to consecrate the decision, I drew in a variety of Sharpie colors on a T-shirt two crossed Vox guitars surmounted with a popeyed skull.
Living With Music: Bill Cotter - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
sionnach commented on the word popeyed
with spinach (aka florentined)
September 22, 2009