sidebar
/sˈaɪdbˌɑɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A short news story printed alongside a larger one.
noun
A block of information placed at the side of a printed page.
noun
A block of information placed at the side of a webpage.
noun
A short conference, between a judge and the attorneys of a case, held outside the hearing of the jury and the spectators at the court.
American usage
noun
An accessory side note or aside made during a conversation, without changing the scope of the audience.
noun
A short conversation between a smaller portion of a group held outside the hearing of the rest of the group.
Example Sentences
- "The tables in the sidebar can be used to determine “average” height and weight, and to provide a slight random variation if desired."
- "Well, when Charlotte had her mini-death, she went to Hell. Forest haunted her Hell loop and now is haunting her nightmares -- which, sidebar, Dan is also a part of, so things are heating up."
- "May we have a moment to discuss your proposition? Sidebar! Let's pick a topic. Sidebar!"
- "Morgan "One of them was called Alexandria and then there was a place called the Kingdom. It actually had a king." Althea "A king?" Morgan "Even had a pet tiger." Althea "All right, we're gonna have to sidebar that one. These settlements, were they good places to live?""
Etymology
Usage
- American usage
- Transitive verb