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
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.
sidle (plural sidles)
An act of sidling.
A sideways movement.
A furtive advance.
• Diels, Seidl, delis, idles, leids, siled, sleid, slide
Source: Wiktionary
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
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
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