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单词 sideswipes
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sideswipe

1 of 2

verb

side·​swipe ˈsīd-ˌswīp How to pronounce sideswipe (audio)
sideswiped; sideswiping; sideswipes

transitive verb

: to strike with a glancing blow along the side
sideswiped a parked car

sideswipe

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: the action of sideswiping
b
: an instance of sideswiping : a glancing blow
2
: an incidental deprecatory remark, allusion, or reference

Example Sentences

Verb The taxi sideswiped a parked car. Noun She took a sideswipe at the senator's voting record.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The drivers appeared to sideswipe each other before Buckner was struck by one of the cars. Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 11 Apr. 2022 By early Thursday, Larry is forecast to sideswipe Bermuda, where a tropical storm warning is in effect. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2021 Then gusty winds will begin to sideswipe the Florida Gulf Coast early Tuesday, progressing from south to north during the day. BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2021 Residents along Florida's east coast on Friday prepared to deal with dueling disasters — a hurricane that threatened to sideswipe the coast even as the novel coronavirus continues to spread in the state. Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2020 The need to suddenly become teachers, during this pandemic, has sideswiped the working patterns of mothers and fathers alike. Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, 21 May 2020 The virus outbreak has sideswiped the region with a raft of new, potentially much broader uncertainties. Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2020 The officers learned that the victim had been sideswiped by another vehicle traveling on Piney Point Road. Houston Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2020 Police said the pedestrian was on the shoulder of I-95 at I-695 in Arbutus with a disabled vehicle around 7:20 a.m. Witnesses told police a Ford van drifted into the shoulder, sideswiping the victim’s vehicle before crashing into him. Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2019
Noun
The Ginni Thomas leaks are a political sideswipe that will make its conclusions harder to credit. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022 What could have been an injurious collision was thankfully more of a sideswipe. Kristi Scales, Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2020 The most common crash seen at the current Delaware Street ramp weave is a sideswipe followed by a rear-end collision, according to INDOT. Ethan May, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2020 Many of the accidents were attributed to rear-end collisions caused by vehicles stopping in a travel lane and sideswipe accidents caused by vehicles changing lanes, the city said in a news release. Robin Goist, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2019 Cars with lane-departure warning systems had 11 percent fewer single-vehicle, sideswipe, and head-on crashes than those without the technology, for example. BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019 Gordon Monson of the Salt Lake Tribune: USC sideswipes Utah, knocking the Utes off their path to glory. oregonlive, 21 Sep. 2019 Davis said many rear-end crashes and sideswipes on the Brent Spence Bridge happen because drivers entering at Fourth Street who wish to continue on I-75 don't have enough time to cross multiple lanes of traffic. Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 7 Aug. 2019 Scott also praised law enforcement for responding to natural disasters and mass shootings, but took a sideswipe at his opponent, incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson, for not demanding more accountability at the FBI. Gray Rohrer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 June 2018 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1891, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

sideswipes

verb

present tense third-person singular of sideswipe
as in hits
US to cause the side of a vehicle to come into forceful contact with the side of another vehicle The taxi sideswiped a parked car.

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