sideswipenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsaɪd.swaɪp/us/ˈsaɪd.swaɪp/sideswipe noun [ C ] (REMARK)
a remark attacking something or someone made while talking about something else:
During her lecture on her discoveries, she made/took several sideswipes at the leaders of the expedition.
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Remarks & remarking
- annotate
- aside
- backbite
- backbiting
- bon mot
- comment
- compliment
- externalize
- innuendo
- last word
- line
- mot juste
- observation
- one
- parenthesis
- parting shot
- platitude
- remark on sth
- shaft
- the one about idiom
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sideswipe noun [ C ] (HIT)
a hit something on the side
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On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- car crash
- collide
- collision
- crash
- crash-land
- fender bender
- head-on
- jackknife
- knock
- overshoot
- plough
- prang
- rear-end
- road toll
- run (sth) down
- run sb/sth over
- skid
- stack up
- wipe
- write-off
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Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
sideswipeverb [ T ]
uk/ˈsaɪd.swaɪp/us/ˈsaɪd.swaɪp/to hit on the side:
The motorcycle turned the corner too quickly, and sideswiped a car coming towards it.
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On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- car crash
- collide
- collision
- crash
- crash-land
- fender bender
- head-on
- jackknife
- knock
- overshoot
- plough
- prang
- rear-end
- road toll
- run (sth) down
- run sb/sth over
- skid
- stack up
- wipe
- write-off
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Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding