kitty-corner
1kitty-corner — kitty .corner adv AmE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: cater corner] on the opposite corner of a street from a particular place kitty corner from/to ▪ The drugstore is kitty corner from the bank …
2kitty-corner(ed) — ˌkitty ˈcorner(ed) [kitty corner(ed)] adjective, adverb (NAmE, informal) = ↑catty corner …
3kitty-corner — also catty corner or catercorner or kitty cornered or catty cornered or catercornered adverb or adjective Etymology: kitty corner alteration of cater corner, from obsolete cater four + corner Date: 1838 in a diagonal or oblique position < the… …
4kitty-corner — American, American in a direction from one corner of a square to the opposite, far corner. You know the building it s kitty corner to my office. (often + to) …
5kitty-corner — the diagonally opposite corner of an intersection The Bay is kitty corner from the drugstore …
6kitty-corner — adverb AmE informal on the opposite corner of a street from a particular place (+ from/to): The drugstore is kitty corner from the bank …
7kitty corner — 1. adjective Situated diagonally across from, especially at an intersection. The candy store is kitty corner from the mall. 2. noun On a diagonal line …
8kitty-corner — adjective slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line set off in a catty corner direction across the vacant lot • Syn: ↑catacorner, ↑cata cornered, ↑catercorner, ↑cater cornered, ↑catty corner, ↑catty cornered, ↑ …
9kitty-corner — adverb (with to:) located diagonally across from something, especially across an intersection Syn: catercorner, catty corner …
10kitty-corner — adjective & adverb N. Amer. another term for cater cornered …
