broadside

Meanings

Noun

• One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing.
• A forceful attack, be it written or spoken.
• A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
• The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.

Adverb

• Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.

Verb

• To collide with something sideways on

Origin

• broad + side