Definitions for broadside

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broadside broad·side

Spelling: [brawd-sahyd]

IPA: /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/

Broadside is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 568 anagrams from letters in broadside (abddeiors).

Definitions for broadside

noun

1. the whole side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
2. Navy. all the guns that can be fired from one side of a warship. a simultaneous discharge of all the guns on one side of a warship.
3. any strong or comprehensive attack, as by criticism.
4. Also called broadsheet. a sheet of paper printed on one or both sides, as for distribution or posting. any printed advertising circular.
5. any broad surface or side, as of a house.
6. Also called broadside ballad. a song, chiefly in 16th- and 17th-century England, written on a topical subject, printed on broadsides, and sung in public, as on a street corner, by a professional balladeer.

adverb

1. with the side, especially with the broader side, facing toward a given point or object:
2. in a wide-ranging manner; at random:

verb (used with object)

1. to collide with or run into the side of (a vehicle, object, person, etc.):
2. to make concerted verbal attacks on:

verb (used without object)

1. to proceed or go broadside.
2. to fire a broadside or broadsides.

Origin of broadside

First recorded in 1565-75; broad + side¹

Examples for broadside

Eventually I got him out of that broadside position away from us and to the boat.

He sheered off, then turned with a rush, broadside on, with his sail up.

He fired his first broadside before his lodger entered the barn.

Besides, by breaking the circuit I can take off the influence when I am firing my own broadside.

The mate's gun was never fired, nor was the broadside from below.

I should care nothing for her and her broadside if the schooner was not here.'

Sharp, shrewd, able and all that, but rough and hard as the broadside of a white-oak plank.

A broadside advertising them in 1864 emphasized their appeal to “the Democratic Social Circle”—whatever that was.

The government agency backed its broadside against Hope, claiming to have received “indignant protests” over the ad campaign.

That broadside forced Romney to go a step or two further in defense of his plan than he usually prefers to go.