catawampus
Dialect
- Meaning
- Crooked, askew, sideways.
- Type
- Dialect Word
- Used in
- Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Alabama, Appalachia
What does “catawampus” mean
Used to describe something out of alignment. "The picture's hung catawampus." Mostly Appalachia and the rural South; speakers elsewhere may know it from old books.
Where it's used
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