bug-eyed

bug-eyed
bug-eyed [ `bʌg ,aıd ] adjective INFORMAL
a bug-eyed creature or person has eyes that stick out
a. very excited or interested, so that your eyes are wide open

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • Bug-eyed — may refer to:* Bug Eyed Bandit, two DC Comics supervillains * Bug eyed monster, one of the early conventions of the science fiction genre …   Wikipedia

  • bug-eyed — ☆ bug eyed [bug′īd΄ ] adj. Slang with bulging eyes …   English World dictionary

  • bug-eyed — bug′ eyed adj. with bulging eyes, as from surprise • Etymology: 1920–25 …   From formal English to slang

  • bug-eyed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ with bulging eyes …   English terms dictionary

  • bug-eyed — ADJ A bug eyed person or animal has eyes that stick out. [INFORMAL] ...bug eyed monsters... John and Bill and I were bug eyed in wonderment …   English dictionary

  • bug-eyed — {adj.}, {slang} Wide eyed with surprise. * /He stood there bug eyed when told that he had won the award./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • bug-eyed — {adj.}, {slang} Wide eyed with surprise. * /He stood there bug eyed when told that he had won the award./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • bug-eyed — adj slang Wide eyed with surprise. He stood there bug eyed when told that he had won the award …   Словарь американских идиом

  • bug-eyed — adj. Bug eyed is used with these nouns: ↑monster …   Collocations dictionary

  • bug-eyed —    drunk    Referring to the protrusion of the eyeballs:     Victor did not deny his condition. Banjaxed, bombed, bug eyed, and bingoed, he said without slurring his words. (Deighton, 1993/2) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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