onside
IPA: ˈɑnsˈaɪd
noun
- (sports) The portion of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc.
- The side of a vehicle on which the driver primarily propels it.
adjective
- (sports) Not in an offside position; In the part of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc.
- (by extension, slang) Within bounds.
- On the side of a vehicle from which the driver, paddler, etc. propels it.
- (bridge) Favourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
- In agreement or support; on board.
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Examples of "onside" in Sentences
- Navy then converted the onside kick.
- Andy Reid then tried an onside kick.
- This made him more of an onside player.
- Its characteristics were that of an onside kick.
- Denver would recover the onside kick and win the game.
- It is onsidered the most sweeping of its kind in the nation.
- Saban elected to kick an onside kick on the opening kickoff.
- Onside kicks are generally very risky and are not often successful.
- That leaves plenty for the rest of the world to do without China onside.
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