Definition of "bug-eyed" [bug-eyed]

• Having protruding eyes. (adjective)
• Wide-eyed, as with astonishment or curiosity; agog. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Z explains it over and over with bug-eyed exasperation, pushing up his glasses."
• "But the bug-eyed critter was cute, and Joy might like it, so I tossed it in the cart."
• "There are no bug-eyed groupies lying on the taupe calfskin sofas, nor any music to speak of echoing through the clean-lined industrial showroom, which features the latest subtle-hued collection."