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.

Nearby words

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

Origin of cockeyed

1715–25; cock² (v.) + eyed

SYNONYMS FOR cockeyed

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

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Related formscock·eyed·ly

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

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Examples from the Web for cockeyed

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
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; askewcockeyed ideas

drunk

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Word Origin and History for cockeyed

cockeyed

adj.

1821, "squint-eyed," perhaps from cock (v.) in some sense + eye (n.). Figurative sense of "absurd, askew, crazy" is from 1896; that of "drunk" is attested from 1926.

cockeyed

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cockeyed

adjective informal

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