cockeye

American  

[kok-ahy] / ˈkɒkˌaɪ /

noun

plural

cockeyes

1. an eye that squints or is affected with strabismus.

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cockeye British  

/ ˈkɒkˌaɪ /

noun

1. informal an eye affected with strabismus or one that squints

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Etymology

Origin of cockeye

1815–25; cock ² (v.) + eye

Example Sentences

It’s hard to pick a single moment from the score, but the theme Morricone devised for the doomed gang member Phillip “Cockeye” Stein is astonishingly haunting, not least in its use of Gheorghe Zamfir’s pan flute.

From The Guardian

Ms. Malcolm added, “They couldn’t create a character like Mr. Flood or Cockeye Johnny if you held a gun to their heads.”

From New York Times

Kunkel determines that Cockeye Johnny Nikanov, one of Mitchell’s beloved profile subjects, was a composite character invented by Mitchell.

From Economist

Kunkel now further reveals that Cockeye Johnny Nikanov, the Gypsy king, was also a “composite,” and quite possibly so was a principal character in “The Mohawks of High Steel.”

From Washington Post

Fast pitch near batter's whiskers. cockeye, n.

From Time Magazine Archive