broadside

== English == === Etymology === From broad +‎ side. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/ === Noun === broadside (plural broadsides) (nautical) One side of a ship above the waterline. All the guns on one side of a warship. The simultaneous firing of these guns. (by extension) A forceful attack, whether written or spoken. 1993, Peter Kolchin, American Slavery (Penguin History, paperback edition, 34) 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. A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded. The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === broadside (not comparable) Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object. 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. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === broadside (third-person singular simple present broadsides, present participle broadsiding, simple past and past participle broadsided) (transitive) To collide with something side-on. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “broadside”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “broadside”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “broadside”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === sideboard