sidebar

noun sidebars

1. A short news story printed alongside a larger one.
2. A block of information placed at the side of a printed page. 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 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 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. 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. May we have a moment to discuss your proposition? Sidebar! Let's pick a topic. Sidebar!

Similar: sidebox, text box

verb sidebars · sidebarring · sidebarred

1. transitive To place (information) into a sidebar, or as if into a sidebar. 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?"