SIDESWIPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sideswipe mean? 

• SIDESWIPE (noun)
  The noun SIDESWIPE has 1 sense:

1. a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)

  Familiarity information: SIDESWIPE used as a noun is very rare.

• SIDESWIPE (verb)
  The verb SIDESWIPE has 1 sense:

1. strike from the side

  Familiarity information: SIDESWIPE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIDESWIPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("sideswipe" is a kind of...):

blow; bump (an impact (as from a collision))

• SIDESWIPE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sideswipe    ... he / she / it sideswipes   
Past simple: sideswiped   
Past participle: sideswiped   
-ing form: sideswiping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strike from the side

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "sideswipe" is one way to...):

strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to sideswipe his opponent