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SIDESWIPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sideswipe" is a kind of...):
blow; bump (an impact (as from a collision))
II. (verb)
Verb forms
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
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