side-to-side

See also: side to side

English

Alternative forms

• side to side

Etymology

side + to + side

Adjective

side-to-side (not comparable)

1. Moving horizontally, from one side to another and back.

   The boat rocked with a steady side-to-side motion.

   • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:

     It was nearly all downhill into Shrewsbury, with two intermediate stops, and a grand sequence of long curves around which Soult nuzzled her way with a quick side-to-side action.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• German: seitlich hin und her
• Maori: whakatahataha