antigoglin definition - Dictionary

Dictionary

an·ti·gog·lin [ ànti gógglin ]

adjective

Definition:

1. askew: crooked or askew

2. diagonal: in a diagonal position or arrangement

adverb

Definition:

diagonally: in a diagonal direction

[Late 19th century. Perhaps <anti- + goggle in British dialect sense "tremble, shake"]

Regional History


	Both the "askew" and "diagonal(ly)" senses of antigoglin are common in the southern, South Midland, and western United States. These regions share several synonyms, none of which is easily distinguished in meaning from the others: angly, antigoglin, blasy, catawampus, crossways, and diagonally.