catty-corner cat·ty·cor·ner uncommon adjective 1. slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line “set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot” Synonymscatacornercata-corneredcatercornercater-corneredcatty-corneredkitty-cornerkitty-cornered Similaroblique Related words Word family catty-cornered WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.