high-side
high-side verb: to show off; to strut.
Verb
high-side (third-person singular simple present high-sides, present participle high-siding, simple past and past participle high-sided)
- To show off; to strut.
- What do you expect, high-siding in those rags? Man, you are a walking neon sign advertising your vocation.1972, Jack Pearl, Victims, page 42
- One night Velvet came into a bar high-siding about the big “sting” his ho had achieved.1973, Christina Milner, Richard Milner, Black Players: The Secret World of Black Pimps, page 135
- Synonyms:
- flamboast, floss, stunt, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round, exhibitionize, figure away
Synonyms of high-side
- flamboast
- floss
- stunt
- aura farm
- boulevardier
- cut a wide swath
- exhibitionize
- flex
- fluff one's feathers
- gallery
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Forms of high-side
| third-person singular present | high-sides |
|---|---|
| present participle | high-siding |
| past participle | high-sided |
| past | high-sided |
Questions about high-side
- What does high-side mean?
- High-side means to show off; to strut.
- What part of speech is high-side?
- High-side is a verb.
- What is the past tense of high-side?
- The past tense of high-side is high-sided.
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