different between sidling vs sidle

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

sidling

1. Alternative spelling of sideling

Related terms

• sidelong
• sideward
• sideways
• sidewise

Adverb

sidling

1. Alternative spelling of sideling

Etymology 2

Cognate with the above (form of sidle, from Middle English sidlyng, from which also directly sidling, above).

Verb

sidling

1. present participle of sidle

Noun

sidling (plural sidlings)

1. The motion of one who sidles.
   • 1926, Rudyard Kipling, The Centaurs

     Starring and shying at straws, with sidlings and plungings.

Anagrams

• idlings, sliding

English

Etymology

The verb is from side +? -le (frequentative suffix), possibly a back-formation from sideling (“in a sidelong direction; askew, obliquely”, adverb), treating that word as the present participle of sidle.

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sa?dl/
• (General American) enPR: s?d-(?)l, IPA^(key): /?sa?d?l/
• Rhymes: -a?d(?)l
• Hyphenation: sid?le

Verb

sidle (third-person singular simple present sidles, present participle sidling, simple past and past participle sidled)

1. (transitive, intransitive, also figuratively) To (cause something to) move sideways. [from late 17th c.]
2. (transitive, intransitive, also figuratively) In the intransitive sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner.

Derived terms

• sidling (noun)

Related terms

Translations

See also

• crablike

Noun

sidle (plural sidles)

1. An act of sidling.
   1. A sideways movement.
   2. A furtive advance.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Diels, Seidl, delis, idles, isled, leids, siled, sleid, slide

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i.dl?/

Noun

sidle n

1. locative singular of sid?o