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cockeyed

[ kok-ahyd ]

adjective

  1. having a squinting eye.
  2. twisted, tilted, or slanted to one side.
  3. Slang.
    1. foolish; absurd.
    2. intoxicated; drunk.
    3. completely wrong.


cockeyed

/ ˈɒˌɪ /

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 51Թ Forms

  • dz·· [kok, -ahyd-lee, -ahy-id-], adverb
  • dzIJn noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cockeyed1

1715–25; cock 2 (v.) + eyed
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Likewise, the cockeyed view of these Texans, who sometimes, but not always, let other people get away with things, is endearing.

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

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

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

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He is determined to fix a situation he just can't accept, and his cockeyed optimism in the face of a harsher reality is why Farrell's performance here is among his best.

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