Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɪdswʌɪp/
noun
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1a passing critical remark about someone or something: the book was chiefly an attack on the literary work of Rossetti, but it also took a few sideswipes at Swinburne
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2chiefly North American a glancing blow from or on the side of something, especially a motor vehicle.
verb
[with object] chiefly
North American-
strike with a glancing blow: Curtis jerked the wheel hard over and sideswiped the other car