sidle (redirected from sidling)

si·dle  (sdl)

v. si·dled, si·dling, si·dles

v.intr.

1. To move sideways: sidled through the narrow doorway.

2. To advance in an unobtrusive, furtive, or coy way: swindlers who sidle up to tourists.

v.tr.

To cause to move sideways: We sidled the canoe to the riverbank.

n.

1. An unobtrusive, furtive, or coy advance.

2. A sideways movement.

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[Back-formation from sideling.]

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sidling·ly adv.

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sidle [ˈsaɪd^əl]

vb (intr)

1. to move in a furtive or stealthy manner; edge along

2. to move along sideways

n

a sideways movement

[back formation from obsolete sideling sideways]

sidler  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	sidle - move unobtrusively or furtively; "The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	2.	sidle - move sideways sashay move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

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sidle

verb edge, steal, slink, inch, ghost, creep, sneak A young man sidled up to me and said, 'May I help you?'

Translations

sidle [ˈsaɪdl] VI to sidle up (to sb) → acercarse furtivamente(a algn)
to sidle in/out → entrar/salir furtivamente

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sidle [ˈsaɪd^əl] vi → se faufiler
to sidle up to sb → s'approcher furtivement de qn

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sidle

vi → (sich) schleichen; to sidle away → (sich) wegschleichen; he must have sidled off → er muss sich verdrückt haben (inf); to sidle up to somebody → sich an jdn heranschleichen

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sidle [ˈsaɪdl] vi to sidle up to sb → avvicinarsi furtivamente a qn
to sidle out/past → uscire/passare furtivamente

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sidle

v sidle [ˈsaidl]

to go or move in a manner intended not to attract attention or as if one is shy or uncertain He sidled out of the room. skaam vertrek يَقْتَرِب مِن промъквам се боязливо (od)krást se snige sig sich davonstehlen προχωρώ δειλά, αβέβαια acercarse furtivamente, moverse sigilosamente (külg ees) nihkuma پاورچين رفتن hivuttautua se faufiler לְהִתגַנֵב दुबक कर चलना kretanje postrance sompolyog menyelinap laumast, smeygja sér laumulega (camminare furtivamente) こっそり動く (주목을 받지 않도록) 옆걸음질 하다 (iš)slinkti sāniski iet berjalan perlahan-lahan schuchter lopen liste, snike (seg) posuwać się ukradkiem deslizar a se strecura двигаться бочком (vy)kradnúť sa zmuzniti se išunjati se gå i sidled เดินเอียงข้าง yan yan gitmek, yanaşmak (因害羞或猶疑)側身而行 підходити крадькома خاموشی سے ایک طرف ہو جانا đi lén, đi khép nép 侧身走开（表示胆怯）