sideswipe

plural sideswipes · alternative side-swipe

1. A blow with the side of something, such as the side of car that is changing lanes incautiously.
2. figurativelyA catty or sarcastic remark.

   give a sideswipe

   2 more examples

   receive a sideswipe

   Calvin Harris's number-ten hit Acceptable in the 80s is both a wry sideswipe and a celebration of the scene;[…]

   2007 July 11, Chris Cottingham, “Electroclash was no flash in the pan”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2023

   Synonyms: gibe

present singular third person sideswipes · participle present sideswiping · participle past sideswiped · past sideswiped · alternative side-swipe

1. transitiveTo give a blow with the side, as to strike with the side of a car when turning.

   As he turns left from Central into Jackson he nearly sideswipes a milk truck idling yards out from the kerb.

   1960, John Updike, Rabbit, Run, page 36

   1 more example

   In her haste, she sideswiped the 4x4 truck that was ahead of her as well as two other cars. “Help!” she yelled as she sped through the orange construction cones. “They're going to kill me!”

   2012, Curtis L. Alcutt, Fatal Intentions, page 175