Concept cluster: Actions > Askew
adv
(archaic) In an oblique or crooked direction.
adv
Alternative spelling of agley [(chiefly Scotland) Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.]
adj
(Scotland) Wrong; askew.
adv
Alternative spelling of agley [(chiefly Scotland) Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.]
adv
Alternative form of agee [(Scotland, dialect, archaic) Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.]
adj
crooked, out of alignment, askew
adj
With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
adj
Alternative spelling of antigoglin [(US, dialectal) Not straight; crooked, askew, out of line]
adj
(US, dialectal) Not straight; crooked, askew, out of line
adj
(slang) The wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong.
adv
Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
adj
Alternative form of catawampus [(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.]
adj
Alternative form of catawampus [(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.]
adj
(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.
adj
Synonym of catawampus (“askew”).
adj
Crooked or askew.
adj
(dated) Characterised or marked by (having) corners
n
(psychology, speech pathology) A manner of speaking in which a person who stutters is careful to avoid words, sounds, and other stimuli which trigger instances of stuttering.
adj
Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
n
Miscellaneous items of an especially complex, intricate, ingenious (etc.) nature
adv
In a way that drags; with a dragging motion.
n
A riddle, or a difficult problem.
adj
Characterised or marked by fickleness
n
A wavering; unsteadiness.
adj
Prone to glitches.
n
(informal) Synonym of hair-splitting
n
Alternative spelling of hand waving [(idiomatic) Discussion or argumentation involving approximation, vagueness, educated guessing, or the attempt to explain or excuse vagaries.]
n
The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of speech.
n
hesitation wound
adj
(dialectal) Given to hiding or concealment; secretive; furtive; clandestine; secret.
n
(UK dialectal Scotland) Secrecy; hiddenness.
n
(dated) A kind of stammer in which the words become unintelligible.
adv
While hovering; so as to hover.
adv
While huddling.
adv
Synonym of in two shakes (“very quickly; without delay”)
adj
(obsolete) crooked, awry
adj
(Hawaii) askew; crooked
adv
In a labyrinthic or mazy fashion; with twistings or confusion.
adv
With a leaning motion or posture.
n
The habit or an act of lisping.
adv
In a lopsided manner.
adj
Not straight; zigzagging.
adv
In a floating manner; swimmingly.
adj
Alternative form of new-wavish [Characteristic of or similar to New Wave.]
n
(dated) A stammering speech disorder, in which the /n/ sound is given to other consonants.
n
(informal) Something difficult to figure out; a puzzle
adj
(idiomatic) Askew.
adj
Hanging from, or as if from, a support.
adv
In a prancing manner.
v
(intransitive) To produce deliberate stuttering speech, sometimes used as part of therapy to control a stutter.
adj
(Ulster) Moving with ease and precision.
adj
(archaic) Nimble, active.
adv
With a reeling motion.
adj
Characterized by discontinuous or sporadic movement; jerky.
adj
evasive
adj
(US, Appalachia, dated) Not built correctly; crooked, skewed, or out of balance.
adj
(figuratively) Morally crooked; shifty.
adv
(rare) Askew, obliquely; awry.
adj
(colloquial) crooked; askew
adj
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Askew; lopsided, not straight.
adj
Askew; cattywampus.
adj
Crooked, misaligned, or disorganized.
adv
(rare) askew
adj
(archaic) slangy
n
(slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
adj
Allowing or conducive to sliding; slippery.
n
The act of giving a slight or snub.
adj
(figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
adj
Characterised or marked by slithering
adj
Slippery, causing one to slither.
adj
Slitlike.
n
(slang) A covert look or investigation.
adj
Flat and ungainly.
n
(idiomatic) Impulse; short notice; a lack of planning.
adj
Alternative form of skewjawed [Crooked, misaligned, or disorganized.]
adj
(informal) Not straight; wavy and irregular.
n
In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort
n
The act of one who stammers.
n
(US, proscribed) A boring, interminable speech.
adv
In a strolling manner.
n
A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
adv
In a swaying way; unsteadily.
adv
In a tangled manner.
adv
In a way that trails.
adv
In a manner that is lively or fluid.
adj
(Britain, Ireland, colloquial) In an underhand way, sneakily; unofficially, particularly with regard to payment or tax avoidance.
n
Vacillation.
adj
(rare) Tending to vacillate.
adj
Distorted by warping; twisted out of shape
adj
(dialectal, especially Texas) Askew, amiss; not fitting, moving or working properly.
n
(social planning) A problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize.
n
(idiomatic) One whose views are easily and regularly changed by the persuasion or influence of others.
adj
(obsolete) active; nimble
adj
Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
adj
(slang) askew
adj
(obsolete) Twisted; wry.
adj
Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
n
(in combination) Something Z-shaped.
adv
In a zigzagged manner.
adv
In a zigzagging way.
adv
With rapid motion.

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