different between openside vs blindside
openside
English
Etymology
open +? side
Noun
openside (plural opensides)
- (rugby) The space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline.
- Coordinate term: blindside
- (rugby union) Short for openside flanker.
- The openside packs down at the scrum on the openside.
Alternative forms
- open side
Anagrams
- disponee
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blindside
English
Alternative forms
- blind-side
Etymology
blind +? side
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bla?nd?sa?d/
Noun
blindside (plural blindsides)
- (automotive) A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.
- (figuratively) A person's weak point.
- (rugby) The space on the side of the pitch with the shorter distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare openside.
- (rugby union) The blindside flanker, a position in rugby union, usually number 6.
- The blindside packs down at the scrum on the blindside.
Synonyms
- (a driver's field of blindness): blindspot
Translations
Verb
blindside (third-person singular simple present blindsides, present participle blindsiding, simple past and past participle blindsided)
- (transitive) To attack (a person) on his or her blind side.
- The robbers crept out of the forest and blindsided the traveller.
- (transitive, figuratively, informal) To catch off guard; to take by surprise.
- He had completed his plan to develop a new office building, but was blindsided by the sudden drop in real estate values.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:blindside.
Translations
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