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side-scrolling

side-scrolling is the alternative form of sidescrolling.

Meaning of sidescrolling

Adjective

sidescrolling (not comparable)

  1. That scrolls horizontally.
    • Another sequel, Pac-Land, transported the adventurous wedge into a sidescrolling world where he had to navigate a series of platforms and obstacles.2008, Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen, Jonas Heide Smith, Susana Pajares Tosca, Understanding video games: the essential introduction, page 63

Questions about side-scrolling

What is side-scrolling the alternative form of?
Side-scrolling is the alternative form of sidescrolling.

Words near side-scrolling in the dictionary

  1. side-saddle flower
  2. side-saddle flowers
  3. side-saddles
  4. side-scroller
  5. side-scrollers
  6. side-scrolling
  7. side-slip
  8. side-slipped
  9. side-slipping
  10. side-slips
  11. side-split

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Adapted from Wiktionary: side-scrolling (page history and authors); sidescrolling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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