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sideache

sideache noun: a pain in one's side.

Noun

sideache (plural sideaches)

  1. A pain in one's side.
    • I stopped at the drugstore for the ice cream the twins wanted and when we got back to Otter Hill, we found the women in throes of anxiety over Mickey, who had suddenly come down with a violent sideache.1945, Ambrose Flack, Family on the Hill, page 125
    • I've got this sideache you wouldn't believe, and you're the only excuse I'm going to get to quit running.1999, Catherine Farnes, Snow, page 33

Forms of sideache

pluralsideaches
alternative formside stitch

Origin of sideache

From side + ache.

Questions about sideache

What does sideache mean?
Sideache means a pain in one's side.
What part of speech is sideache?
Sideache is a noun.
What is the plural of sideache?
The plural of sideache is sideaches.

Words near sideache in the dictionary

  1. side-wheelers
  2. side-whiskered
  3. side-whiskers
  4. side-wife
  5. sidea
  6. sideache
  7. sideaches
  8. sideal
  9. sidearm
  10. sidearmed
  11. sidearmer

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