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cock-eyed Definition


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cock-eyed
adj
    colloq:
    1. Suffering from a squint.
    2. Crooked; lopsided.
      Thesaurus: crooked, askew, asymmetrical, awry, lopsided.
    3. Senseless; crazy; impractical.
      Example: cock-eyed schemes to make money
      Thesaurus: nonsensical, preposterous, silly, daft, ludicrous, ridiculous, cockamamie (US), crazy; Antonym: sensible, sober.
    4. Drunk.
Etymology: 19c: from cock1.



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