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Thesaurus: sidle

To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.

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  1. v. t. To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.
  2. v. move unobtrusively or furtively
  3. v. move sideways
  4. To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening. Swift. He . . . then sidled close to the astonished girl. Sir W. Scott.
  5. To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, tosidle through a crowd or narrow opening. Swift.He . . . then sidled close to the astonished girl. Sir W. Scott.
  6. v:100 v. move unobtrusively or furtively v. move sideways