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cock·eyed

 (kŏk′īd′)
adj. Informal
1. Foolish; ridiculous; absurd: a cockeyed idea.
2. Askew; crooked.
3. Intoxicated; drunk.
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cockeyed

(ˈkɒkˌaɪd)
adj
1. (Pathology) 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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cock•eyed

(ˈkɒkˌaɪd)

adj.
1. having a cockeye or cockeyes.
2. Slang.
a. off center; tilted or slanted to one side.
b. foolish; absurd.
c. intoxicated; drunk.
[1715–25]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.cockeyed - turned or twisted toward one sidecockeyed - turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
2.cockeyed - incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
3.cockeyed - very drunkcockeyed - very drunk        
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"
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cockeyed

adjective
1. absurd, crazy, ludicrous, preposterous, nonsensical She has some cockeyed delusions about becoming a big movie star.
2. (Informal) crooked, squint (informal), awry, lopsided, askew, asymmetrical, skewwhiff (Brit. informal) Dusty photographs were hanging at cockeyed angles on the walls.
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cockeyed

adjective
2. Informal. Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor:
Informal: stewed.
Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheets in the wind.
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Translations

cockeyed

[ˈkɒkaɪd] ADJ
1. (= crooked) → torcido, chueco (LAm)
2. (= absurd) → disparatado
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cockeyed

cock-eyed [ˌkɒkˈaɪd] adj
[idea, scheme] → saugrenu(e); [story] → qui ne tient pas debout
(= crooked) [object, smile] → de travers
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cockeyed

[ˈkɒkˌaɪd] adj (crooked) → storto/a; (absurd) → assurdo/a, strampalato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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