sideswipes in English
noun
1
a glancing blow from or on the side of something, especially a motor vehicle.
And there's now new research offering ways to prevent head injury, especially from 4-wheel-drives, which can be even more hazardous in sideswipes .
2
a passing critical remark about someone or something.
Earby's parish council clerk for the past 10 years has stepped down with a tear in her eye and a sideswipe at those too quick to criticise the best efforts of their hard working local representatives.
verb
1
strike (someone or something) with or as if with a glancing blow.
Curtis jerked the wheel hard over and sideswiped the other car
Use "sideswipes" in a sentence
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1. Sideswipes create violent underwater turbulence, a new tactic.