cock-eyed
cock-eyed is the alternative form of cockeyed.
Meaning of cockeyed
Adjective
cockeyed (comparative more cockeyed, superlative most cockeyed)
- Having both eyes oriented inward, cross-eyed.
- Crooked or askew.
- This morning I paid seventy cents for two little old dried-up slivers of bacon and one cockeyed egg.1950, Langston Hughes, Simple Speaks His Mind, Chapter 12, in The Early Simple Stories, The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 7, edited by Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper, University of Missouri...
- Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.
- I'm not going to go along with your cockeyed plot.
- Synonyms:
- absurd, Laputan, cockamamie, farcical, foolish, full of it, irrational, inconsistent, incongruous, jabberwocky
- Drunk.
- In the private office he said, "Mr. Barrow, I was going to quit."
"Don't do that, son! You're the only executive I've got that isn't cockeyed all the time! […]"1934, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 12, in Work of Art, New York: P.F. Collier & Son, page 166
- In the private office he said, "Mr. Barrow, I was going to quit."
Forms of cock-eyed
| comparative | more cock-eyed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cock-eyed |
Questions about cock-eyed
- What is cock-eyed the alternative form of?
- Cock-eyed is the alternative form of cockeyed.
Words near cock-eyed in the dictionary
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