EGAVE

sidle

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To (cause something to) move sideways. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. verb In the intransitive sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner.
  3. noun An act of sidling. A sideways movement. A furtive advance.
  4. noun A sideways movement.
  5. noun A furtive advance.

Similar words

sashay edge inch skew slither scoot over scoot scooch slip glide

Often followed by

up away into over along out past in and et

Word family

sidled sidles sidling

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