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si⋅dle

  [sahyd-l] verb, -dled, -dling, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to move sideways or obliquely.
2. to edge along furtively.
–noun
3. a sidling movement.
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Origin:
1690–1700; back formation from sideling (earlier sp. sidling misconstrued as prp. of a verb ending in -le )

Related forms:
si⋅dling⋅ly, adverb
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si·dle   (sīd'l)   
v.   si·dled, si·dling, si·dles

v.   intr.

  1. To move sideways: sidled through the narrow doorway.

  2. To advance in an unobtrusive, furtive, or coy way: swindlers who sidle up to tourists.

v.   tr.
To cause to move sideways: We sidled the canoe to the riverbank.
n.  

  1. An unobtrusive, furtive, or coy advance.

  2. A sideways movement.


[Back-formation from sideling.]
si'dling·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

sidle 
"to move or go sideways," 1697, back-formation from obs. M.E. sidlyng (adv.) "obliquely, sideways" (c.1330), from side + adv. suffix -ling; altered on analogy of verbs ending in -le.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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