cockeyed
adjective/ˈkɒkaɪd/
/ˈkɑːkaɪd/
(informal)- not level or straight synonym crooked
- Doesn't that picture look cockeyed to you?
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- not practical; not likely to succeed
- a cockeyed scheme to make his first million
Word Originearly 19th cent.: apparently from the verb cock and eye.
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