sidecar
/ˈsaɪdkɑɹ/
sidecar noun: a one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.
Noun
sidecar (plural sidecars)
- A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.
- A cocktail made with cognac (or brandy), triple sec liqueur, and lemon juice.
- Faux 19th-century bartenders in sleeve garters and baroque facial hair ply their trade in pre-Prohibition bars. Women wearing cloche hats order sidecars at speakeasies.2011 October 3, Wayne Curtis, “From Tiki to Tacky—and Back”, in The Atlantic
- A software component that runs in a separate process from the rest of the software, to provide isolation and encapsulation.
- Using generic sidecars for multiple microservices may introduce functionality overhead.Ali Heydarimoghaddam, Microservices Design Patterns (page 83)
Forms of sidecar
| plural | sidecars |
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Origin of sidecar
From side + car.
Words formed from sidecar
Phrases with sidecar
Questions about sidecar
- What does sidecar mean?
- Sidecar means a one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.
- What part of speech is sidecar?
- Sidecar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sidecar?
- Sidecar is pronounced /ˈsaɪdkɑɹ/.
- What is the plural of sidecar?
- The plural of sidecar is sidecars.
Words near sidecar in the dictionary
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