Adjective cockamamy has 1 sense

1. cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany, unreasonable - pungent adjectives of disesteem; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
   Antonym: wise (indirect, via foolish)
   

Cockamamy

noun:

An absurd or ridiculous person, thing, or idea.

Example Sentence:

His plan to build a rocket-powered skateboard was pure cockamamy.

adjective:

1. Absurd or ridiculous in nature.

Example Sentence:

The teacher dismissed the student's cockamamy excuse for not completing the homework.

2. Inexplicable or improbable.

Example Sentence:

She came up with some cockamamy story about how her dog ate her homework.

adverb:

Feasibly used as an adverb, cockamamie means in an absurd or ridiculous manner.

Example Sentence:

He danced around the room cockamamie, drawing laughter from everyone.

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