Maybe she has some cockeyed delusions about becoming a big coal baroness.
...dusty photographs hanging at cockeyed angles on the walls.
English dictionary. 2008.
cockeyed — 1821, squint eyed, perhaps from COCK (Cf. cock) (v.) in some sense + EYE (Cf. eye). Figurative sense of absurd, askew, crazy is from 1896; that of drunk is attested from 1926 … Etymology dictionary
cockeyed — [adj] crooked, askew absurd, askance, askant, asymmetrical, awry, cam, canted, crazy, crooked, cross eyed, lopsided, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, squint, strabismic; concept 586 Ant. level, straight … New thesaurus
cockeyed — [käk′īd΄] adj. 1. cross eyed 2. Slang a) tilted to one side; crooked; awry b) silly; ridiculous; foolish c) drunk … English World dictionary
cockeyed — [“kakaid] mod. crazy. □ Who came up with this cockeyed idea, anyway? □ If you didn’t act so cockeyed all the time, you’d have more friends … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
cockeyed — {adj.} Drunk; intoxicated. * /Frank has been drinking all day and, when we met, he was so cockeyed he forgot his own address./ … Dictionary of American idioms
cockeyed — {adj.} Drunk; intoxicated. * /Frank has been drinking all day and, when we met, he was so cockeyed he forgot his own address./ … Dictionary of American idioms
cockeyed — adjective Date: 1821 1. having a cockeye 2. a. askew, awry b. slightly crazy ; topsy turvy < a cockeyed scheme > c. drunk 1a • cockeyedly … New Collegiate Dictionary
cockeyed — adjective a) Having both eyes oriented inward. Im not going to go along with your cockeyed plot. b) Crooked or askew … Wiktionary
cockeyed — adj. Cockeyed is used with these nouns: ↑optimist … Collocations dictionary
cockeyed — Synonyms and related words: afflicted, agee, agee jawed, amiss, anamorphous, apish, asinine, askance, askant, askew, askewgee, asquint, asymmetric, awry, batty, befooled, beguiled, bent, besotted, boiled, bombed, boozy, bowed, brainless,… … Moby Thesaurus
