SIDLE

sidle, sashay

(verb) move sideways

sidle

(verb) move unobtrusively or furtively; “The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

sidle (third-person singular simple present sidles, present participle sidling, simple past and past participle sidled)

(ambitransitive, also, figuratively) To (cause something to) move sideways. [from late 17th c.]

(ambitransitive, also, figuratively) In the intransitive sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner.

Noun

sidle (plural sidles)

An act of sidling.

A sideways movement.

A furtive advance.

Anagrams

• Diels, Seidl, delis, idles, leids, siled, sleid, slide

Source: Wiktionary

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Si"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sidled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sidling.] Etym: [From Side.]

Definition: To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening. Swift. He . . . then sidled close to the astonished girl. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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