high-side

verb

To show off; to strut.

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Meanings

verbhigh-side (third-person singular simple present high-sides, present participle high-siding, simple past and past participle high-sided)

present singular third person high-sides · participle present high-siding · participle past high-sided · past high-sided

  1. intransitiveslangAfrican-American VernacularTo show off; to strut.

    Jigz didn't want to high-side or anything.

    2011, Donald Jigz Titus, Mackin for More Millions (part 2, page 125)
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    What do you expect, high-siding in those rags? Man, you are a walking neon sign advertising your vocation.

    1972, Jack Pearl, Victims, page 42

    One night Velvet came into a bar high-siding about the big “sting” his ho had achieved.

    1973, Christina Milner, Richard Milner, Black Players: The Secret World of Black Pimps, page 135

    Synonyms: flamboast, floss, stunt, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo show off; to strut.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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