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.

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

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Origin of cockeyed

1715–25; cock² (v.) + eyed

OTHER WORDS FROM cockeyed

cock·eyed·ly

[kok-ahyd-lee, -ahy-id-], /ˈkɒkˌaɪd li, -ˌaɪ ɪd-/, adverbcockeyedness, noun

Words nearby cockeyed

cockerel, Cockerell, cocker spaniel, cockeye, cockeye bob, cockeyed, cockeyed bob, Cockeysville, cock feather, cockfight, cockfight chair

How to use cockeyed in a sentence

He has the shiny vinyl good looks of a Ken doll and, when he wants to turn it on, a slightly vapid demeanor that comes off as cockeyed confidence.
Ryan Reynolds' Charm Can't Quite Liberate Free Guy From a Cluttered Plot|Stephanie Zacharek|August 13, 2021|Time
He began, he recalls, by setting forth a cockeyed premise: the Marx brothers selling modern art.
The Stacks: Robin Williams, More Than A Shtick Figure|Joe Morgenstern|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Except on the one subject of that cockeyed invention of his, he behaved perfectly normally.
Gone Fishing|James H. Schmitz
Another wild goose chase, but somewhere along this cockeyed row there was an angle.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith

I fumbled around for a beginning, and then I decided to start right at the beginning, whether it sounded cockeyed or not.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith
After only two weeks on the job, on a strange planet ninety light-years from home, you don't tell your boss he's cockeyed.
Exploiter's End|James Causey
Sure, and maybe that was a very cockeyed view for Dawson to take, too.
Dave Dawson on the Russian Front|R. Sidney Bowen

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; askewcockeyed ideas

drunk

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cockeyed

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