side-swipeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From side +‎ swipe.

名詞

sideswipe (plural sideswipes)

1. A blow with the side of something, such as the side of car that is changing lanes incautiously.
2. (figurative) A catty or sarcastic remark.

   Synonym: gibe

   • 2007 July 11, Chris Cottingham, “Electroclash was no flash in the pan”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 October 2023:

     Calvin Harris's number-ten hit Acceptable in the 80s is both a wry sideswipe and a celebration of the scene; […]

   give a sideswipe

   receive a sideswipe

動詞

sideswipe (third-person singular simple present sideswipes, present participle sideswiping, simple past and past participle sideswiped)

1. (transitive) To give a blow with the side, as to strike with the side of a car when turning.
   • 1960, John Updike, Rabbit, Run, page 36:

     As he turns left from Central into Jackson he nearly sideswipes a milk truck idling yards out from the kerb.

   • 2012, Curtis L. Alcutt, Fatal Intentions, page 175:

     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!”

派生語