WordNet
adj. slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot" [syn: catacorner, cata-cornered, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered]
Usage examples of "catercorner".
Judd catercorner from her, the experience felt strange and new, and more than a little exciting.
He came back with a single cup, then took the chair on the opposite side of the table from her, rather than in his usual spot catercorner from her.
John Hamilton and Senator Bloch, both very quiet, were catercorner on the scaffold beside Carlton.
As I prepared to reverse direction again, I noticed another fenced lot catercorner to the plant-darker, almost blackened by the freeway, blocked from street view by green-gray shrubs.
The giant television, to which I was as addicted as anybody, was catercorner, near the inside wall.
From the galleries on Walnut Street I was to pick a large landscape, Early American, epic and green, and hang it catercorner to the window.
I closed my eyes and saw the rivers of row-housed streets leading to Veterans Stadium, and catercorner to it the Schuylkill and Franklin Field.
The picture became a darkened living room where Poopi Silverfish lounged on an overstuffed couch catercorner with a settee on which a redheaded figure sat sprawled.
He rose slightly, swayed, picked up his little crock and glass, and sat himself down with the young man, somewhat catercorner to him.
His town house, catercornered to the State House on Chestnut Street, was then undergoing extensive alterations and thought to be too large and showy even by his wife, who preferred their nearby country seat, Fairhill.
At the far end, catercornered from us, part of the yard was bare, very raw looking with the ground not covered.
He found himself a good spot, catercornered from the dingy brick building.
A third uniformed officer catercornered from the side yard, his arms raised and waving.
His head sticking over the chair back, The big-shot was taking a speedy ride, catercornered across the hallway, while Crawler and his pals gazed in wonderment.
Doors, slightly ajar on either side of the lounge, showed sleeping accommodations, but there were two doors in front of them that were not open, and one set catercornered on the left-hand side.