cockeyed

/ˈkɑkˌaɪd/
adjective
  1. Crooked, lopsided, or not straight; physically askew.
    • He wore his hat cockeyed, giving him a playful look.
    • The picture on the wall was hanging cockeyed.
    • The fence posts were all cockeyed after the storm.
  2. Absurd, ridiculous, or foolish; not sensible.
    • His cockeyed reasoning left everyone confused.
    • She had some cockeyed idea about building a rocket in her garage.
    • That's a cockeyed plan that will never work.
  3. Having a squinting or misaligned eye; cross-eyed.
    • The cockeyed cat always looked like it was staring at two things at once.
    • In the cartoon, the cockeyed character was always bumping into things.
    • He was born cockeyed but had surgery to fix it as a child.
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