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side-swipe

side-swipe is the alternative form of sideswipe.

Meaning of sideswipe

Noun

sideswipe (plural sideswipes)

  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.
    • give a sideswipe
    Synonyms:
    gibe

See all 3 meanings of sideswipe

Forms of side-swipe

Noun
pluralside-swipes
Verb
third-person singular presentside-swipes
present participleside-swiping
past participleside-swiped
pastside-swiped

Questions about side-swipe

What is side-swipe the alternative form of?
Side-swipe is the alternative form of sideswipe.

Words near side-swipe in the dictionary

  1. side-sticks
  2. side-straddle hop
  3. side-straddle hops
  4. side-striped jackal
  5. side-striped jackals
  6. side-swipe
  7. side-swiped
  8. side-swipes
  9. side-swiping
  10. side-table
  11. side-tables

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Adapted from Wiktionary: side-swipe (page history and authors); sideswipe (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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