catty-corner

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English

A photograph of a US stadium taken from a catty-corner parking lot, located diagonally across the adjacent intersection

Alternative forms

Etymology

Corruption of cater-corner under influence from catty.

Pronunciation

Adverb

catty-corner (not comparable)

  1. (US, Canada) Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from.
    • 1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 35:
      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.

Adjective

catty-corner (not comparable)

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