blindsiding

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noun

The act by which a person is blindsided, or caught off guard.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of blindside
nounblindsiding (plural blindsidings)

plural blindsidings

  1. The act by which a person is blindsided, or caught off guard.

    I grew a mantle of radar, sensitized to the blindsidings and the character-ambush attempts.

    2012, Joachim Kempin, Resolve and Fortitude, page 83

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APA

blindsiding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blindsiding

MLA

“blindsiding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blindsiding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blindsiding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blindsiding.

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