sidled

si·dle

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sahyd-l]
- /ˈsaɪd l/
- /ˈsaɪ.dl̩/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sahyd-l]
- /ˈsaɪd l/

Definitions of sidled word

verb without object sidled to move sideways or obliquely. 1
verb without object sidled to edge along furtively. 1
noun sidled a sidling movement. 1

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Origin of sidled

First appearance:

before 1690

One of the 49% oldest English words

1690-1700; back formation from sideling (earlier spelling sidling misconstrued as present participle of a verb ending in -le)

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Parts of speech for Sidled

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sidled

sidled popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

sidled usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sidled

verb sidled

crept — Crept is the past tense and past participle of creep.
wormed — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.

All 2 Synonyms of sidled