bug eyes

noun

Bulging or protruding eyes.

Meanings

nounbug eyes pl (plural only)

alternative bug-eyes

  1. pluralplural onlyBulging or protruding eyes.

    Then the X-Files being Looking like some kind of blue-green Jackie Chan with Isabella Rossellini lips And breath that reeked of vanilla Chig Champa Did a slo-mo Matrix descent out of the butt-end of the banana vessel And hovered above my bug-eyes, my gaping jaw

    2006, “Rosetta Stoned”, performed by Tool
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APA

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MLA

“bug eyes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bug%20eyes. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bug eyes,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bug%20eyes.

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