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caddywompus

caddywompus is the alternative form of cattywampus.

Meaning of cattywampus

Adjective

cattywampus (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of catawampus (“askew”).
    • Measure carefully before cutting, or the entire structure will turn out cattywampus.
  2. Synonym of cater-corner (“diagonal to, not directly across from nor adjacent to”).
    • City hall is cattywampus to the post office.
    Synonyms:
    cater-corner

Questions about caddywompus

What is caddywompus the alternative form of?
Caddywompus is the alternative form of cattywampus.

Words near caddywompus in the dictionary

  1. caddy spoons
  2. caddying
  3. caddyless
  4. caddymaster
  5. caddymasters
  6. caddywompus
  7. cade
  8. caded
  9. cadee
  10. cadees
  11. cadel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caddywompus (page history and authors); cattywampus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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