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