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The meaning of COCKAMAMIE is ridiculous, incredible. How to use cockamamie in a sentence. Did you know?
stupid or silly: cockamamie idea He had some cockamamie idea about turning waste paper into animal food. I've got plans, and I'm going to make them work while you mess about with this cockamamy idea. Fewer examples. He had some cockamamie plan to cut down the whole bridge.
Cockamamie definition: ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical. See examples of COCKAMAMIE used in a sentence.
What does the word cockamamie mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word cockamamie . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Define cockamamie. cockamamie synonyms, cockamamie pronunciation, cockamamie translation, English dictionary definition of cockamamie. also cock·a·ma·my adj. Slang 1. Trifling; nearly valueless. 2. Ludicrous; nonsensical: gave me a cockamamie reason for not going. American Heritage®...
Wearing a fake mustache everywhere for no reason is cockamamie. Lots of comedies involve cockamamie plans and schemes, where the characters are trying to do something bizarre and unlikely to work. A cockamamie idea is the opposite of a practical, logical idea.
If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly.
