Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cockeye

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cock-eye
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An eye affected by strabismus.

noun

The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.

Example Sentences

"How dared that miserable wretch cast his eye—his cock[-]eye, as Vroom had truly said—on Etta. It gave him a kind of grim pleasure to dwell on Looten's physical defect."
"“Fine day, gents,” said he, focusing his cockeye."
"The next time I saw Dave, he'd joined Deep Purple and had just got back from Sweden, where the band had sent their new lead singer to have his cock-eye straightened."
"His cockeye ogled the pile of food sitting on the table. “Delicious!” he said with glee. The cockeyed cricket licked his lips […]"
"As flies swarmed around a nearby outhouse, Molly B eyed him for a moment, looking him up and down with a cockeye that seemed to have a life of its own."

Etymology

From cock + eye. See cock (“to turn up”).

Inflected Forms

cockeyes (plural) cock-eye (alternative) cock eye (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

cockeyed

Questions

What does cockeye mean?: An eye affected by strabismus.
Where does cockeye come from?: From cock + eye. See cock (“to turn up”).

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