cockeyed

[ kok-ahyd ]

/ ˈkɒkˌaɪd /

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adjective

cross-eyed.

having a squinting eye.

twisted, tilted, or slanted to one side.

Slang.

foolish; absurd.
intoxicated; drunk.
completely wrong.

Origin of cockeyed

1715–25; cock² (v.) + eyed

SYNONYMS FOR cockeyed

4a ridiculous, preposterous, insane, nutty, cockamamie, weird.

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OTHER WORDS FROM cockeyed

cock·eyed·ly

[kok-ahyd-lee, -ahy-id-] /ˈkɒkˌaɪd li, -ˌaɪ ɪd-/, adverb cock·eyed·ness, noun

Words nearby cockeyed

cocker spaniel, cockerel, cockerell, cockeye, cockeye bob, cockeyed, cockeyed bob, cockeysville, cockfight, cockfight chair, cockhorse

Example sentences from the Web for cockeyed

He began, he recalls, by setting forth a cockeyed premise: the Marx brothers selling modern art.

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Anyway, in this cockeyed war you can look for enemy agents any place, and usually find them.

Dave Dawson on the Russian Front |R. Sidney Bowen
But it was like trying to wake himself up out of the middle of a crazy, cockeyed dream.

Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal |Robert Sydney Bowen
And I sure would like to know what is the next move in this cockeyed arrangement of things?

Dave Dawson with the Commandos |R. Sidney Bowen

Except on the one subject of that cockeyed invention of his, he behaved perfectly normally.

Gone Fishing |James H. Schmitz
Well, I'd had the cockeyed kind of luck to go bald at 25 and I'd been playing old men ever since.

The Old Die Rich |Horace Leonard Gold

British Dictionary definitions for cockeyed

cockeyed

/ (ˈkɒkˌaɪd) /

adjective informal

afflicted with cross-eye, squint, or any other visible abnormality of the eyes

appearing to be physically or logically abnormal, absurd, etc; crooked; askew cockeyed ideas

drunk

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cockeyed

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adjective informal

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cockeyed

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