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side-to-side

side-to-side adjective: moving horizontally, from one side to another and back.

Adjective

side-to-side (not comparable)

  1. Moving horizontally, from one side to another and back.
    • The boat rocked with a steady side-to-side motion.
    • It was nearly all downhill into Shrewsbury, with two intermediate stops, and a grand sequence of long curves around which Soult nuzzled her way with a quick side-to-side action.1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 706

Forms of side-to-side

alternative formside to side

Origin of side-to-side

side + to + side

Questions about side-to-side

What does side-to-side mean?
Side-to-side means moving horizontally, from one side to another and back.
What part of speech is side-to-side?
Side-to-side is an adjective.

Words near side-to-side in the dictionary

  1. side-swipes
  2. side-swiping
  3. side-table
  4. side-tables
  5. side-taking
  6. side-to-side
  7. side-tracked
  8. side-view mirror
  9. side-walk
  10. side-wheel
  11. side-wheeler

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