side-to-side

1. 1.

   alternately left and right with respect to a central point

   “the side-to-side motion of the boat”

Questions about side-to-side

What does side-to-side mean?

side-to-side means "alternately left and right with respect to a central point".

How many syllables are in side-to-side?

side-to-side has 4 syllables: si-de--to--side. The stress falls on "de-".

Is side-to-side a common word?

side-to-side is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.