broadside
adverb
- historical printing format; large sheet of paper printed on one side only
noun
- historical printing format; large sheet of paper printed on one side only
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/ / /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/
adv
Etymology: From broad + side.
- Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.
“[...] the slight fluctuations [in speed] were due to a strong side-wind, which caught the train broadside along exposed stretches of the line.”
“1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure They were going some 60-80 mph [on a motorcycle] down a 30 mph street, hit a car broadside & Pat pushed against Bert, who was crushed into the side of the car.”
noun
Etymology: From broad + side.
- One side of a ship above the waterline.
- All the guns on one side of a warship.
- The simultaneous firing of these guns.
“Broadside! What fools to face our guns!”
- A forceful attack, whether written or spoken.
“Although slaveholders managed - through a combination of political compromise and ideological broadside - to contain the threat of a major anti-slavery compaign by fellow Southerners, planters could never be totally sure of non-slaveholders' loyalty to the social order.”
“Fernández's diplomatic broadside follows the British government's decision last month to name a large frozen chunk of Antarctica after the Queen – a gesture viewed in Buenos Aires as provocative.”
- A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
- The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.
verb
Etymology: From broad + side.
- To collide with something side-on.