| askance |
with a sideways glance; indirectly. [1/2 definitions] |
| azimuth |
in gunnery or surveying, the angle of sideways divergence from a standard path or direction, as of a bomb or shell. [1/2 definitions] |
| cartwheel |
a sideways somersault with the arms and legs extended like wheel spokes. [1/2 definitions] |
| castle |
one of two playing pieces in chess that may be moved forward, backward, or sideways over any unobstructed squares; rook. [2/6 definitions] |
| clinch |
to hammer down sideways (the protruding point of a nail) to make more secure. [1/8 definitions] |
| edgewise |
with the side of the body forward; sideways. [1/2 definitions] |
| hook shot |
in basketball, a shot made, with the body sideways to the basket, by the far hand arcing the ball over the head. |
| lateral |
in football, a sideways or backward pass to another player. [2/4 definitions] |
| lateral pass |
in football, a sideways or backward pass. |
| leer |
to give a sideways or nasty look or smile suggestive of malicious or sexual thoughts. [1/2 definitions] |
| lurch1 |
a sudden sideways motion, as of a boat. [2/4 definitions] |
| pitch1 |
a rocking or jerking sideways, end-to-end, or back-to-front motion. [1/23 definitions] |
| rook2 |
a chess piece that can move over any number of empty squares sideways or forward and backward; castle. |
| scroll |
to move (text) up, down, or sideways on a video display so that new material appears as previous material disappears. [1/4 definitions] |
| shy2 |
to throw with a sudden sideways toss. [2 definitions] |
| sidelong |
on or toward the side; sideways. [1/5 definitions] |
| sideslip |
of an airplane, to fly sideways and downwards, either intentionally or as a result of banking too steeply, or to move laterally without losing altitude, as when caught in a crosswind. [1/3 definitions] |
| side step |
the taking of a step to one side, or a step taken sideways. |
| sidestroke |
a swimming stroke in which one lies sideways in the water, performing scissors kicks and pulling with the arms alternately. |
| sideway |
sideways. |
| sidewinder |
a small rattlesnake found in the southwestern United States and Mexico that moves over sand by projecting its body forward in sideways loops. [1/3 definitions] |