sidebar

English

Etymology

From side +‎ bar.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

sidebar (plural sidebars)

1. A short news story printed alongside a larger one.
2. (typography) A block of information placed at the side of a printed page.
   • 2004 "Height and Weight", GURPS Basic Set 3rd Edition 6th printing page 15

     The tables in the sidebar can be used to determine “average” height and weight, and to provide a slight random variation if desired.

3. (Internet) A block of information placed at the side of a webpage.
4. (US, law) A short conference, between a judge and the attorneys of a case, held outside the hearing of the jury and the spectators at the court.
5. (US, law) The place in the courtroom where such a conference happens.
6. An accessory side note or aside made during a conversation, without changing the scope of the audience.
   • 2018, Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar, "Quintessential Deckerstar", Lucifer:

     Well, when Charlotte had her mini-death, she went to Hell. Forest haunted her Hell loop and now is haunting her nightmares -- which, sidebar, Dan is also a part of, so things are heating up.

7. A short conversation between a smaller portion of a group held outside the hearing of the rest of the group.
   • 2017 Ben Giroux as Mike Munroe in "Braces for Disaster" Bunsen is a Beast:

     May we have a moment to discuss your proposition? Sidebar!
     Let's pick a topic. Sidebar!

Synonyms

• (block of information): sidebox, text box

Derived terms

• sidebar comment

Translations

(computing) information placed at the side of a webpage

• German: Seitenleiste f
• Portuguese: barra lateral f
• Spanish: barra lateral f

Verb

sidebar (third-person singular simple present sidebars, present participle sidebarring, simple past and past participle sidebarred)

1. (transitive) To place (information) into a sidebar, or as if into a sidebar.
   • 15 April 2018 "What's Your Story?" Fear the Walking Dead season 4 episode 1 (50m)

     Morgan "One of them was called Alexandria and then there was a place called the Kingdom. It actually had a king."
     Althea "A king?"
     Morgan "Even had a pet tiger."
     Althea "All right, we're gonna have to sidebar that one. These settlements, were they good places to live?"

Anagrams

• Beairds, abiders, air beds, airbeds, bardies, barside, braised, darbies, sea bird, seabird