different between touchline vs blindside

English

Etymology

touch +? line

Noun

touchline (plural touchlines)

1. (sports) One of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch.

English

Alternative forms

• blind-side

Etymology

blind +? side

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bla?nd?sa?d/

Noun

blindside (plural blindsides)

1. (automotive) A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.
2. (figuratively) A person's weak point.
3. (rugby) The space on the side of the pitch with the shorter distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare openside.
4. (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)

1. (transitive) To attack (a person) on his or her blind side.

   The robbers crept out of the forest and blindsided the traveller.

2. (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