a character also called Popeye the Sailorman, in a US cartoon strip and cartoon films. Popeye is a sailor who smokes a pipe, and when he eats cans of spinach (=a vegetable with large dark green leaves) his muscles immediately grow much bigger and he becomes very strong
pop eye
التركية النطق
päp ay
النطق
/ˈpäp ˈī/ /ˈpɑːp ˈaɪ/
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[ 'päp ] (verb.) 15th century. Middle English poppen, of imitative origin.