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broadside

noun
/ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/UK/ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/US

Etymology

From broad + side.

  1. derived from *sēy-✻ — “to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”
  2. inherited from *sīdaz✻ — “drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”
  3. inherited from *sīd✻
  4. inherited from sīd — “wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”
  5. inherited from side
  6. compounded as broadside — “broad + side”

Definitions

  1. One side of a ship above the waterline.

  2. All the guns on one side of a warship.

  3. The simultaneous firing of these guns.

    • Broadside! What fools to face our guns!
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A forceful attack, whether written or spoken.

      • 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.
      • He delivered a broadside to the RMT leadership, saying: "This response to a significantly enhanced offer exposes their true priority - using the British public and NR workers as pawns in a fight with the Government.

    2. A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.

    3. The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad

      The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.

    4. Sideways

      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.

    5. To collide with something side-on.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA