popeyed

popeyed
adjective
1. with eyes or mouth open in surprise
Syn: ↑goggle-eyed, ↑openmouthed
Similar to: ↑surprised
Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism
2. having bulging eyes
Similar to: ↑eyed

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\\-īd\ adjective
Etymology: pop (I) + eyed
: having eyes that bulge (as from disease, excitement)

the galleries popeyed with amazement — Time

the wombat's charming but popeyed offspring peer out from this pouch — Barrett McGurn

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/pop"uyd'/, adj.
marked by bulging, staring eyes: a young boy popeyed with excitement.
[1815-25, Amer.; POP1 + EYED]

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