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# cockeyed

adjective (cockeyed)

«cockeyed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) Crooked, not straight or level, like a cockeyed picture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockeyed/#m1)
2. (informal) Silly or not sensible, like a cockeyed plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockeyed/#m2)
3. (old-fashioned, can be unkind) Having eyes that look in different directions; cross-eyed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockeyed/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday talk and stories it describes crooked hats and pictures or foolish ideas. Phrases: "a cockeyed idea", "knocked cockeyed".

### Examples

- The picture on the wall is cockeyed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockeyed/#x1)
- His hat sat cockeyed on his head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockeyed/#x2)
- That's a cockeyed idea; it'll never work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockeyed/#x3)
- The fence leans at a cockeyed angle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockeyed/#x4)
- The cartoon cat looked cockeyed after the bump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockeyed/#x5)

### Note

Informal. Using it about someone's eyes can be hurtful; say "has a squint" or "has a lazy eye" instead. Sometimes spelled "cock-eyed".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cockeyed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockeyed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cockeyed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cockeyed.html) on Mova free.