sidle

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: si=dle

CIDE DICTIONARY

sidle, v. t. [From Side.].

 To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.  Swift.  [1913 Webster]
"He . . . then sidled close to the astonished girl."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sidle, v. & n.
--v.intr. (usu. foll. by along, up) walk in a timid, furtive, stealthy, or cringing manner.
--n. the act or an instance of sidling.

Etymology

back-form. f. sideling, SIDELONG

THESAURUS

sidle

accost, advance, amble, approach, appropinquate, approximate, ascend, avert, bank, barge, bear down on, bear down upon, bear off, bear up, bowl along, bundle, cant, careen, climb, close, close in, close with, clump, come, come closer, come forward, come near, come on, come up, confront, crawl, creep, decline, descend, dip, drag, draw aside, draw near, draw nigh, droop, drop, ease, ease off, edge, edge off, encounter, fall, fall away, fall off, flounce, fly off, foot, footslog, gain upon, gait, gallop, gee, glance, glance off, go crabwise, go downhill, go off, go on tiptoe, go sideways, go uphill, grade, grovel, gumshoe, halt, haw, head off, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, inch, inch along, incline, jib, jog, jolt, jump, keel, lateral, lateralize, lean, limp, list, lock step, lumber, lunge, lurch, make leeway, make way for, mince, mincing steps, move aside, narrow the gap, near, nightwalk, pace, pad, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, pitch, plod, prance, prowl, proximate, pussyfoot, rack, rake, retreat, rise, roll, sashay, saunter, scrabble, scramble, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, sheer off, shelve, shove aside, shuffle, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sideslip, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle up to, single-foot, skew, skid, skip, slant, slink, slip, slither, slog, slope, slouch, slowness, snake, sneak, stagger, stalk, stamp, steal, steal along, steer clear of, step, step aside, step up, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, swag, swagger, sway, swing, switch, tilt, tip, tippytoe, tiptoe, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, tread, trip, trot, trudge, turn aside, turn away, turn back, uprise, veer, veer off, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along

ROGET THESAURUS

sidle

Laterality

VB be on one side, flank, outflank, sidle, skirt, orientate.

Deviation

VB alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend, bend, curve, swerve, heel, bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.