sidle
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si·dle
(sīd′l)v. si·dled, si·dling, si·dles
v.intr.
1. To move sideways: sidled through the narrow doorway.
2. To advance in an unobtrusive, furtive, or coy way: swindlers who sidle up to tourists.
v.tr.
To cause to move sideways: We sidled the canoe to the riverbank.
n.
1. An unobtrusive, furtive, or coy advance.
2. A sideways movement.
[Back-formation from sideling.]
si′dling·ly adv.
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sidle
(ˈsaɪdəl)vb (intr)
1. to move in a furtive or stealthy manner; edge along
2. to move along sideways
n
a sideways movement
[C17: back formation from obsolete sideling sideways]
ˈsidler n
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si•dle
(ˈsaɪd l)v. -dled, -dling,
n. v.i.
1. to move sideways or obliquely.
2. to edge along furtively.
n. 3. a sidling movement.
[1690–1700; back formation from archaic sidelingsidelong, misconstrued as present participle of a verb ending in -le)]
si′dling•ly, adv.
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sidle
Past participle: sidled
Gerund: sidling
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| Verb | 1. | sidle - move unobtrusively or furtively; "The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| 2. | sidle - move sideways move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
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sidle
verb edge, steal, slink, inch, ghost, creep, sneak A young man sidled up to me and said, 'May I help you?'
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sidle
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Translations
يَقْتَرِب مِن
krást se
sompolyog
laumast, smeygja sér laumulega
išslinkti
sāniski iet
vykradnúť sa
yan yan gitmekyanaşmak
sidle
[ˈsaɪdl] VI to sidle up (to sb) → acercarse furtivamente (a algn)to sidle in/out → entrar/salir furtivamente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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sidle
vi → (sich) schleichen; to sidle away → (sich) wegschleichen; he must have sidled off → er muss sich verdrückt haben (inf); to sidle up to somebody → sich an jdn heranschleichen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sidle
[ˈsaɪdl] vi to sidle up to sb → avvicinarsi furtivamente a qnto sidle out/past → uscire/passare furtivamente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sidle
(ˈsaidl) verb to go or move in a manner intended not to attract attention or as if one is shy or uncertain. He sidled out of the room.
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