Usually means: Askew, awry, positioned diagonally across.
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  1. catawampus: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. catawampus: Wiktionary
  3. catawampus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  4. catawampus: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. catawampus: Dictionary.com
  6. Catawampus: The Word Detective
  7. Catawampus: World Wide Words

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  1. catawampus: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. catawampus, catawampus, catawampus: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Catawampus: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (catawampus)

adjective:  (US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.
adverb:  (US) Diagonally.
adverb:  (US) Utterly.
noun:  (US) A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman.
adjective:  (US) Fierce, destructive.

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