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Definition of Sidle
1. Verb. Move unobtrusively or furtively. "The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log"
2. Verb. Move sideways.
Definition of Sidle
1. v. t. To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.
Definition of Sidle
1. Noun. A sideways movement. ¹
2. Noun. A furtive advance. ¹
3. Verb. To move sideways. ¹
4. Verb. To advance in a furtive, coy or unobtrusive manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sidle
1. to move sideways [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sidle
Literary usage of Sidle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"sidle, To trifle, to saunter, to go on one side. 2. " To sidle about a place,"
to lurk or skulk about. 3. " To sidle about a person," to attend him ..."
2. The Ohio Nisi Prius Reports by Ohio Courts (1907)
"A contract entered into January 19, 1888, between the defendant, GW sidle, then
the owner of the south half of the north half of said lots, ..."
3. History of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota by Isaac Atwater (1893)
"In that inland town, the countv seat of a prosperous agricultural county, he was
associated with his father, Henry sidle, and his brother, HG sidle, ..."
4. Pennsylvania Justices' Law Reporter; Containing Cases Decided in the Courts (1912)
"SS sidle The record of the Justice, showing a personal service made upon the
defendant, according to law, a judgment by default will be sustained, ..."
5. History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the Days of the Pioneers and First by Ben Douglass (1878)
"Trustees—James Henry, Hugh Funk, John sidle; Clerk — Michael Kauffman ; Treasurer—Jacob
... Trustees—Hugh Funk, John sidle, Robert Baird; Clerk—M. Kauffman ..."
6. The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided by Isaac Grant Thompson, Irving Browne (1876)
"I saw HG sidle sign his name as a witness, and know that he did so at the ...
I and my brother, HG sidle, and his son Willie, have access to the safe — no ..."
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