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Definition of cockeyed adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cockeyed

adjective
 
/ˈkɒkaɪd/
 
/ˈkɑːkaɪd/
(informal)
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  1. not level or straight synonym crooked
    • Doesn't that picture look cockeyed to you?
  2. not practical; not likely to succeed
    • a cockeyed scheme to make his first million
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
  3. Word Originearly 19th cent.: apparently from the verb cock and eye.
See cockeyed in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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