sidling
English
Adjective
sidling
- Alternative spelling of sideling
Related terms
- sidelong
- sideward
- sideways
- sidewise
Adverb
sidling
- Alternative spelling of sideling
Etymology 2
Cognate with the above (form of sidle, from Middle English sidlyng, from which also directly sidling, above).
Verb
sidling
- present participle of sidle
Noun
sidling (plural sidlings)
- The motion of one who sidles.
- 1926, Rudyard Kipling, The Centaurs
- Starring and shying at straws, with sidlings and plungings.
- 1926, Rudyard Kipling, The Centaurs
Anagrams
- idlings, sliding