Synonyms of sideswiping

sideswiping

verb

present participle of sideswipe

as in hitting

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.

Related Words

• hitting
• bumping
• contacting
• ramming
• swiping
• knocking
• colliding
• touching
• crashing
• sweeping
• striking
• smacking
• slamming
• scraping
• skipping
• impinging
• clashing
• smashing
• impacting
• bashing
• glancing
• thudding
• whacking
• thwacking
• bouncing
• ricocheting
• nudging
• rebounding
• caroming
• brushing
• kissing
• skirting
• shaving
• grazing
• skimming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sideswiping

All of them involved a car sideswiping the back of a tractor-trailer that was making a lane change. — Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

Williams was found dead behind the wheel of his gray Chevrolet Equinox after sideswiping three vehicles before coming to a stop outside the Coney Island Houses, about a block from where the shooting was reported. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026

Ramirez-Mesa barrelled through the intersection, sideswiping the 4Runner before crashing into the driver’s side of the Sonata, deputies say. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026

But Parente says Martinez, who was shot five times after the crash, did not cause the wreck, arguing the agent was the person who actually initiated the contact by sideswiping his client, making the condition of his vehicle crucial to her defense. — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025