Synonyms of sideswipe

sideswipe

verb

as in to hit

US to cause the side of a vehicle to come into forceful contact with the side of another vehicle

The taxi sideswiped a parked car.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hit
• bump
• swipe
• contact
• strike
• ram
• knock
• collide
• sweep
• slam
• smack
• crash
• touch
• scrape
• clash
• smash
• impinge
• impact
• skip
• whack
• bash
• nudge
• ricochet
• rebound
• thud
• bounce
• glance
• thwack
• brush
• kiss
• carom
• graze
• shave
• skirt
• skim

Examples of sideswipe in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The crash was the result of a passenger vehicle sideswiping a tractor-trailer and a tanker carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel, leading to a massive fire that left the overpass with structural damages that were beyond repair, Lamont said at Friday’s news briefing. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2024

Beginning around six billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy named Sagittarius sideswiped the Milky Way and swung around it. —Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024

Police say the Jaguar was navigating around some traffic cones down the street and sideswiped the Volvo, angering Zuniga and motivating him to chase down the Jaguar and open fire. —Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024

Witnesses said Horton sideswiped two other cars on the highway just before the crash, court documents state. —Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024