sidle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb move unobtrusively or furtively
    • The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log
  2. verb move sideways
    sashay.

WordNet

Si"dle transitive verb
Etymology
From Side.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sidled ; present participle & verbal noun Sidling
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913