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catty-corner

Syllables: cat·ty·cor·nerUK/ˈka.tiˌkɔː.nə//ˈkæ.tiˌkɔɹ.nɚ/

catty-corner adverb: synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from.

catty-corner: synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from
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Adverb

catty-corner (not comparable)

  1. (Canada, US) Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from.
    • He takes the Brewer turnoff off the Pike and the road takes him through the town where he first bought gas. As he takes the road marked BREWER 16 he can see cattycornered across the main street the dirtdigger's pumps and his dark window full of glinting shovels and fishing rods.1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 35
    Synonyms:
    cater-corner

Adjective

catty-corner (not comparable)

  1. (Canada, US) Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from one another.
    Synonyms:
    cater-corner

catty-corner meaning in Bengali

catty-corner in Bengali

তীর্যকভাবে বিপরীত দিকে

Synonyms of catty-corner

Forms of catty-corner

alternative formcattycorner
alternative formcatty-cornered
alternative formcattycornered
alternative formkitty-corner

Origin of catty-corner

Corruption of cater-corner under influence from catty.

Questions about catty-corner

What does catty-corner mean?
Catty-corner means synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from.
What is catty-corner in Bengali?
Catty-corner in Bengali is তীর্যকভাবে বিপরীত দিকে. See Catty-corner meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is catty-corner?
Catty-corner can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce catty-corner?
Catty-corner is pronounced /ˈka.tiˌkɔː.nə/ (UK).

Words near catty-corner in the dictionary

  1. Cattons
  2. cattos
  3. Cattrall
  4. Cattubo
  5. catty
  6. catty-corner
  7. catty-cornered
  8. catty-mount
  9. catty-mounts
  10. catty-wonker
  11. cattycorner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catty-corner (page history and authors); catty-corner (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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