skiwampus

skiwampus

English

Adjective

skiwampus (comparative more skiwampus, superlative most skiwampus)

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of skewampus
   • 2011, Kris Jugler, Death Couldn't Convince Me (→ISBN), page 111:

     One side of the platform was a little longer than the other and the seat was a little skiwampus, but in our eyes, all we could see was the finished product - steering wheel, red painted exterior with the number twenty-seven, a nice lawn mower ...

   • 2014, Nancy Nielson Redd, The Canyon's Edge (→ISBN), page 102:

     We had not gone far when we saw a motorcycle skiwampus by the side of the road and Rubio slumped against a mesquite tree.

   • 2016, Under the Mistletoe (Cindy Roland Anderson, Annette Lyon, Julie Coulter Bellon, Sarah M. Eden, Jennifer Griffith, Heather B. Moore, →ISBN):

     […] so the pile tilted skiwampus, like a Dr. Seuss drawing.

   • 2017, Liz Isaacson, Under the Bridge:

     Darren hadn't been able to think straight since last fall, and he actually enjoyed the skiwampus ways his thoughts went when he was with Farrah.