a sheet of paper printed on one or both sides, as for distribution or posting.
b.
any printed advertising circular.
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any broad surface or side, as of a house.
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Also called broadside ballad.a song, chiefly in 16th- and 17th-century England, written on a topical subject, printed on broadsides, and sung in public, as on a street corner, by a professional balladeer.
–adverb
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with the side, esp. with the broader side, facing toward a given point or object: The truck hit the fence broadside.
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in a wide-ranging manner; at random: to attack the President's policies broadside.
–verb (used without object)
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to proceed or go broadside.
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to fire a broadside or broadsides.
–verb (used with object)
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to collide with or run into the side of (a vehicle, object, person, etc.): We got broadsided on the freeway.
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to make concerted verbal attacks on: The President was broadsided by the opposition.
A large sheet of paper usually printed on one side.
Something, such as an advertisement or public notice, that is printed on a broadside. Also called broadsheet.
A forceful verbal attack, as in a speech or editorial.
A large sheet of paper usually printed on one side.
Something, such as an advertisement or public notice, that is printed on a broadside. Also called broadsheet.
A broad, unbroken surface.
adv. With the side turned to a given point or object; sideways: The wave hit the canoe broadside and sank it. tr.v.
broad·sid·ed, broad·sid·ing, broad·sides To strike or collide with full on the side: lost control of the truck and broadsided the car.
[brawd-sahyd] 
noun, adverb, verb, -sid⋅ed, -sid⋅ing.