Usually means: In legal position to play.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word onside:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. onside: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. onside: Merriam-Webster
  3. onside: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. onside: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. onside: Collins English Dictionary
  6. onside: Vocabulary.com
  7. Onside, onside: Wordnik
  8. onside: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. onside: Wiktionary
  10. onside: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. onside: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. onside: Dictionary.com
  13. onside: Rhymezone
  14. onside: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. onside: FreeDictionary.org
  16. onside: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. onside: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. onside: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. onside: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Onside: Sports Definitions

(Note: See onsides as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (sports) Not in an offside position; In the part of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc.
adjective:  (by extension, slang) Within bounds.
adjective:  On the side of a vehicle from which the driver, paddler, etc. propels it.
adjective:  (bridge) Favourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
adjective:  In agreement or support; on board.
noun:  (sports) The portion of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc.
noun:  The side of a vehicle on which the driver primarily propels it.

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