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Meaning of SIDLE

Pronunciation:  'sIdl

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  move sideways
  2. [v]  move unobtrusively or furtively; "The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log"
 
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 Synonyms: sashay
 
 See Also: move

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Si"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sidled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sidling}.] [From {Side}.]
To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as,
to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening. --Swift.
      He . . . then sidled close to the astonished girl.
                                               --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
 
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