Meanings
nounsidegaze (plural sidegazes)
plural sidegazes · alternative side-gaze · alternative side gaze
- medicineThe act of looking sideways, to the left or right, by moving only one's eyes.
"His light wentout very promptly, didn't it?" She flashed me a sidegaze. Were we acting convincingly?
1930, Ray Cummings, “Section 4, Ch. 28, "The Ascent of Archimedes"”, in "Brigands of the Moon: Part Three of a Four-part Novel" in Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May and June 19301 more example
Gaze is almost never straight ahead but varies between downgaze, sidegaze, and upgaze. Correct fixation of an object does not take place.
1984, Joseph Lang, Strabismus, →ISBN, page 127
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Rhymes with sidegaze
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sidegaze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidegaze
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