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plural sideswipes
A blow with the side of something, such as the side of car that is changing lanes incautiously. examples
(figurative) A catty or sarcastic remark. quotations examples
Calvin Harris's number-ten hit Acceptable in the 80s is both a wry sideswipe and a celebration of the scene; […]
2007 July 11, Chris Cottingham, “Electroclash was no flash in the pan”, in The Guardian
third-person singular simple present sideswipes, present participle sideswiping, simple past and past participle sideswiped
(transitive) To give a blow with the side, as to strike with the side of a car when turning. quotations examples
As he turns left from Central into Jackson he nearly sideswipes a milk truck idling yards out from the kerb.
1960, John Updike, Rabbit, Run, page 36
In her haste, she sideswiped the 4x4 truck that was ahead of her as well as two other cars. “Help!” she yelled as she sped through the orange construction cones. “They're going to kill me!”
2012, Curtis L. Alcutt, Fatal Intentions, page 175