cockeyed

American  

[kok-ahyd] / ˈkɒkˌaɪd /

adjective

1. cross-eyed.

2. having a squinting eye.

3. twisted, tilted, or slanted to one side.

4. Slang.

   1. foolish; absurd.

   2. intoxicated; drunk.

   3. completely wrong.

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cockeyed British  

/ ˈkɒkˌaɪd /

adjective

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

2. appearing to be physically or logically abnormal, absurd, etc; crooked; askew

   cockeyed ideas

3. drunk

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Other Word Forms

• cockeyedly adverb
• cockeyedness noun

Etymology

Origin of cockeyed

1715–25; cock ² (v.) + eyed

Example Sentences

Shakespeare casts himself as the carriage driver, allowing him to tag along and keep tabs on the cockeyed direction his play is going.

From Los Angeles Times

Likewise, the cockeyed view of these Texans, who sometimes, but not always, let other people get away with things, is endearing.

From Salon

A relationship triangle, as cockeyed as anything by Picasso, forms.

From Los Angeles Times

Then as now, I am for the stooge, the one with the energy, the cockeyed view of the world, the nut.

From Los Angeles Times

He is closest with his grandfather, from whom Harold inherits his cockeyed view of the world.

From New York Times