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sideswipe en · NOUN

Etymology

From side + swipe.

Meanings

1. A blow with the side of something, such as the side of car that is changing lanes incautiously.
2. (figuratively) A catty or sarcastic remark.
   • Calvin Harris's number-ten hit Acceptable in the 80s is both a wry sideswipe and a celebration of the scene;[…] 2007 July 11, Chris Cottingham, “Electroclash was no flash in the pan”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2023:
   • give a sideswipe
   • receive a sideswipe

Forms

Synonyms

gibe

Translations (6)

it frecciata (a sarcastic remark) · gl zasca (a sarcastic remark) · pl uderzenie w bok (a blow with the side of something) · de Seitenhieb (a sarcastic remark) · it frecciatina (a sarcastic remark) · pl sarkastyczna uwaga (a sarcastic remark)

sideswipe en · VERB

Etymology

From side + swipe.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To give a blow with the side, as to strike with the side of a car when turning.
   • As he turns left from Central into Jackson he nearly sideswipes a milk truck idling yards out from the kerb. 1960, John Updike, Rabbit, Run, page 36:
   • In her haste, she sideswiped the 4x4 truck that was ahead of her as well as two other cars. “Help!” she yelled as she sped through the orange construction cones. “They're going to kill me!” 2012, Curtis L. Alcutt, Fatal Intentions, page 175:

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Deriveds

sideswiper