SIDESWIPE meaning: Collision with side of vehicle

We found 26 dictionaries that define the word sideswipe:

General (22 matching dictionaries)

sideswipe: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sideswipe: Merriam-Webster
sideswipe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
sideswipe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
sideswipe: Collins English Dictionary
sideswipe: Vocabulary.com
Sideswipe, sideswipe: Wordnik
sideswipe: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
sideswipe: Wiktionary
sideswipe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
sideswipe: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
sideswipe: Infoplease Dictionary
sideswipe: Dictionary.com
sideswipe (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
sideswipe: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Sideswipe (Transformers): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
sideswipe: Rhymezone
sideswipe: FreeDictionary.org
sideswipe: Mnemonic Dictionary
sideswipe: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Sideswipe (Transformers), sideswipe: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

sideswipe: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A blow with the side of something, such as the side of car that is changing lanes incautiously.
▸ noun:  (figurative) A catty or sarcastic remark.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To give a blow with the side, as to strike with the side of a car when turning.

Opposite:

head-on collision, direct hit, full impact

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