adjective
- cross-eyed.
- having a squinting eye.
- twisted, tilted, or slanted to one side.
- Slang.
- foolish; absurd.
- intoxicated; drunk.
- completely wrong.
adjective informal
- afflicted with cross-eye, squint, or any other visible abnormality of the eyes
- appearing to be physically or logically abnormal, absurd, etc; crooked; askewcockeyed ideas
- drunk
1821, “squint-eyed,” perhaps from cock (v.) in some sense + eye (n.). Figurative sense of “absurd, askew, crazy” is from 1896; that of “drunk” is attested from 1926.