insides

Noun

inside (plural insides)

1. The interior or inner part.
   • The inside of the building has been extensively restored.
2. The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
   • On a motorway, you should never pass another vehicle on the inside.
3. The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
   • The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead.
4. (colloquial, in plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
   • Eating that stuff will damage your insides.
5. (UK, colloquial, dated) A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
   • So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides / The Derby dilly, carrying three insides.1798, John Hookham Frere, George Canning, The Loves of the Triangles
6. (slang) The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.
   • Anyone got the inside on the new ratings? The book is out.2000, Jean Forray, The View from the Bottom, page 58

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