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

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  • adjective with eyes or mouth open in surprise
  • adjective having bulging eyes

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Examples

  • 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

  • Hillary was popeyed for the longest time and now McCain is popeyed.

    McCain will again question Obama's judgment 2008

  • 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

  • A native, popeyed with terror, had dropped to his knees in front of the weird - looking "spaceman."

    Golden State 2010

  • 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

  • On the way home Bud kept everyone chuckling with his jokes about York's popeyed reaction when

    Golden State 2010

  • Has anyone noticed that CNN editors deliberately pick photos that make Obama's opponents look popeyed?

    McCain will again question Obama's judgment 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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