side·swipe
ˈsīd-ˌswīp 
sideswiped; sideswiping; sideswipes
: to strike with a glancing blow along the side
sideswiped a parked car
1
a
: the action of sideswiping
b
: an instance of sideswiping : a glancing blow
2
: an incidental deprecatory remark, allusion, or reference
Examples of sideswipe in a Sentence
Verb
The taxi sideswiped a parked car.
Noun
She took a sideswipe at the senator's voting record.
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Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
The hope is that its efforts to modernize, if not necessarily liberalize, India’s economy will not be sideswiped by roiling social controversies.
—Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2016
Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 May 2024
That's how dolphins B (collected in the 1980s in the Gulf of Mexico) and T captured their fish in the seawater pool, using a sideswipe motion of the head.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Jan. 2023
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Verb
In the last month, the team has hired a new general manager (Stan Bowman), made progress on the Leon Draisaitl contract negotiations and got sideswiped last week by a dual offer sheet from the St. Louis Blues.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
The hope is that its efforts to modernize, if not necessarily liberalize, India’s economy will not be sideswiped by roiling social controversies.
—Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2016
Noun
The head-on crash caused a silver Toyota Camry behind the Jeep to be involved in a minor sideswipe, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement to FOX San Francisco.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 May 2024
That's how dolphins B (collected in the 1980s in the Gulf of Mexico) and T captured their fish in the seawater pool, using a sideswipe motion of the head.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Jan. 2023
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“Sideswipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sideswipe. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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sideswipe
1 of 2 verb
side·swipe
-ˌswīp
: to hit along the side with a blow that bounces off at an angle
sideswiped a parked car
sideswipe
2 of 2 noun1
: an instance of sideswiping : a blow from an angle that bounces off
2
: an indirectly related disapproving remark, allusion, or reference
a sideswipe at the senator's voting record
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