"eye-popping" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more eye-popping [comparative], most eye-popping [superlative]
Etymology: The image is of a viewer's eyes opening wide to the point of popping out. Head templates: {{en-adj}} eye-popping (comparative more eye-popping, superlative most eye-popping)
  1. (informal) Astonishing, stunning, incredible. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Appearance Derived forms: eye-poppingly Translations (visually astonishing): okulfrapa (Esperanto), silmät räväyttävä (Finnish), beeindruckend (German), spektakulär (German), atemberaubend (German), sagenhaft (German), gewaltig ins Auge fallend (German), staunenerregend (German), in Erstaunen verrsetzend (German), impressionante (Portuguese)

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "visually astonishing",
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      "sense": "visually astonishing",
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      "sense": "visually astonishing",
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      "sense": "visually astonishing",
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