Definition of Sideswiped

1. Verb. (past of sideswipe) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sideswiped

1. sideswipe [v] - See also: sideswipe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sideswiped

sidesplitter
sidesplitting
sidesplittingly
sidestep
sidestepped
sidestepper
sidesteppers
sidestepping
sidesteps
sidestream
sidestreams
sidestroke
sidestrokes
sideswipe
sideswipe elbow fracture
sideswiped (current term)
sideswipes
sideswiping
sidetone
sidetones
sidetrack
sidetracked
sidetracking
sidetracks
sidewalk
sidewalk cafe
sidewalk superintendent
sidewalks
sidewall
sidewalls

Literary usage of Sideswiped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"Then something goes wrong, because McCoy and the woman manage to get the hell outta there, and Lamb gets sideswiped. Anyway, that's what's going around out ..."

2. Air Bag Safety: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science edited by Larry Pressler (1998)
"... left the road, entered a wooded area, and sideswiped a small tree before striking a larger tree with a delta V of 55 mi/h (Case 02-158A 1991). ..."

3. The Technical World Magazine (1910)
"At the same tim^ the car was sideswiped by the stone abutments. The photograph shows the situation. INDIAN METHOD OF CASTING IX the wonderland, India, ..."

4. Safety Engineering (1915)
"It sideswiped an empty car on the back track. The car of explosives burst into flames, but an explosion did not occur. Fire was communicated to another car ..."

5. A Hoosier Holiday by Theodore Dreiser, Franklin Booth (1916)
"... in which some man who would not give the road and had been "sideswiped" by his car (Franklin being absent and his chauffeur who was out riding choleric) ..."

6. Letters from an Old Railway Official to His Son, a Division Superintendent by Charles De Lano Hine (1904)
"Then, if the throttle happens to fly open at just the wrong moment, the train will not be sideswiped. If not trained, your -switchmen will throw every ..."

7. A Hoosier Holiday by Theodore Dreiser (1916)
"... in which some man who would not give the road and had been "sideswiped" by his car (Franklin being absent and his chauffeur who was out riding choleric) ..."

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