Watch him sidle as he tries to avoid us.
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Sidle
//ˈsaɪdl//
Synonyms for "sidle" (200 found)
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21 translations across 6 languages.
Czech
4 entries- pohyb do strany noun (sideways movement)
- krást se verb (to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner)
- přikrást se verb (to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner)
- přitočit se verb (to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner)
French
1 entries- se faufiler verb (to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner)
German
1 entries- schleichen verb (to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner)
Polish
4 entries- ruch bokiem noun (sideways movement)
- skradanie się noun (furtive advance)
- iść bokiem verb (to (cause something to) move sideways)
- skradać się verb (to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner)
Russian
4 entries- красться verb (to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner)
- подбираться verb (to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner)
- пробира́ться бочко́м verb (to (cause something to) move sideways)
- ходи́ть бо́ком verb (to (cause something to) move sideways)
Spanish
4 entries- acercar verb (to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner)
- aliar verb (to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner)
- andar de costado verb (to (cause something to) move sideways)
- avanzar furtivamente verb (to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner)
Sample sentences
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[F]rom the circle of delighted auditors listening to the gentillesses of the pink cockatoo, who was sidling on his stand in the sunshine, a whole party of the Beresfords caught sight of me, and in a minute I was surrounded; [...]
Source: wiktionary
The mare never moved; but after immense weight had been placed on both, the horse began to sidle, and before the last bag could be put on him, he sunk on his knees; it was put on the mare, and she bore it, never moving her posture until she was unloaded.
Source: wiktionary
You could drive a band of hosses up the steepest kind of hill but nobody that I ever knowed could drive a bunch straight down (that goes with cows, too)—they'd sidle it every time.
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