sidle

v., -dled, -dling, -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.

[Back-formation from SIDELING.]

sidlingly si'dling·ly adv.

verb

To advance carefully and gradually: ease, edge. See careful/careless, move/halt.

IN BRIEF: To walk sideways in a furtive manner.

When someone sidles up to you, beware of their motives.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: move unobtrusively or furtively

Meaning #2: move sideways
  Synonym: sashay

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - kante sig, liste, luske
v. tr. - føre sidelæns
n. - en bevægelse sidelæns

Nederlands (Dutch)
zijwaartse beweging, zijwaarts bewegen, schuchter benaderen

Français (French)
v. intr. - se faufiler, s'avancer furtivement
v. tr. - faire déplacer (qch) latéralement
n. - avancée furtive, mouvement latéral

Deutsch (German)
v. - schleichen
n. - Seitwärtsbewegung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λοξοπερπατώ, περπατώ διστακτικά ή στα κρυφά, διπλαρώνω, (κοντο)ζυγώνω, (Βρετ., καθομ.) σουλατσάρω
n. - αλαφροπερπάτημα

Italiano (Italian)
passo furtivo, muoversi furtivamente

Português (Portuguese)
v. - caminhar de lado
n. - movimento (m) lateral

Русский (Russian)
двигаться боком, вести или ставить боком, пробираться украдкой, направлять незаметно

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - moverse furtivamente, andar de lado con timidez
v. tr. - andar tímido y rastrero
n. - movimiento furtivo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gå i sidled, gå på tvären, smyga
n. - rörelse i sidled

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
侧身而行, 悄悄地走, 羞怯地走, 使侧身而行, 侧身行走

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 側身而行, 悄悄地走, 羞怯地走
v. tr. - 使側身而行
n. - 側身行走

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 옆 걸음질 하다, 조금씩 다가들다, (~에서) 떨어지다
v. tr. - 가만가만 다가가다, ~에서 벗어나다
n. - 옆 걸음질, 다가듦

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 横に歩く, …にじり寄る, 横に歩かせる
n. - 横歩き, …にじり寄り

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمشي جانبيا أو بانحراف (الاسم) مشيه جانبيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הלך במצודד, התקדם בחשאי, נע בהססנות‬
v. tr. - ‮גרם להליכה במצודד‬
n. - ‮התקדמות בגנבה, הליכה הססנית‬

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