# onside
## English
### Alternative forms

* on side, on-side

### Etymology

From on +‎ side.

### Pronunciation

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### Adjective

onside (not comparable)
* (sports) Not in an offside position; In the part of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc.
    The goal was allowed because the attacker was onside.
** 2004, Bruce Driver, Clare Wharton, The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Youth Hockey, page 178:After passing the puck, the center immediately breaks to the front of the net, making certain to stay onside.
** 2011 October 30, Alistair Magowan, “Tottenham 3 - 1 QPR”, in BBC Sport‎:Rafael van der Vaart then stayed onside to slot past Paddy Kenny when he collected Ledley King's mis-hit shot.
** 2012, Jeffrey Ma, The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big In Business, →ISBN:The difference in recovery percentage between surprise onside kicks and non-surprise onside kicks is striking.
** 2018, Jack B. Kaley, Richard B. Donovan, Lacrosse Essentials, →ISBN, page 113:If the ball carrier you are doubling gets the ball through the lane, the rotation is as follows: The onside man who was denying his man the ball continues the same technique.
* (by extension, slang) Within bounds.
** 2016 March 4, “3 Wheel-Ups” (track 4), in Made in the Manor‎, performed by Kano (British musician),Giggs (rapper),Wiley (musician):[Verse 2:Kano]:On-sight, thought he was onside, innit. Saw them guys, no shots fired innit. If you ain't real then don't ride, innit. That postcode, that's offside, innit.
* On the side of a vehicle from which the driver, paddler, etc. propels it.
** 1957, California Highways and Public Works - Volume 36, page 45:The toll plaza will consist of an administration building and 16 onside modern barrier-type toll boths, with provision for four additional toll booths should future traffic demand require them.
** 1987, Punch - Volume 293, Issues 7662-7669, page lviii:No, there's no way I call up just for a chat, like 'Hi, Nigel, you've left your rear onside winker on!'
** 2004, Dennis Stuhaug, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Canoeing and Kayaking, →ISBN:Continue the rotation until your onside shoulder is pointing toward the bow and your onside arm is fully extended.
** 2006, Franco Ferrero, The British Canoe Union Coaching Handbook, →ISBN, page 329:For more advanced paddlers the boat can be steered back onto the onside stroke by putting a little offside edge on at the end of the stroke, thus reducing the need for cross-bow strokes.
** 2011, Introduction to Paddling: Canoeing Basics for Lakes and Rivers, →ISBN:The reverse sweep turns the canoe sharply onside, reducing forward momentum. The solo paddler's body rotates onside with the onside shoulder turned towards the stern.
* (bridge) Favourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
** 2000, David Bird, Marc Smith, Planning the Play in Notrump, →ISBN, page 25:With A-Q-10 opposite x-x-x, you have a 24% chance of three tricks, both missing honors being onside. You have a 52% chance of two tricks, with one honor onside and the other offside. FInally, you have a 24% chance of making only one trick, when both the king and the jack are offside.
* In agreement or support; on board.
** 2012, T. James, Elite Statecraft and Election Administration, →ISBN:There was a very delicate balancing act the whole time about measures that would keep the Unionists onside without upsetting the Nationalist-Republican community too much.

#### Derived terms

* onside kick

#### Translations
### Noun

onside (plural onsides)
* (sports) The portion of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc.
* The side of a vehicle on which the driver primarily propels it.
** 2017, Nigel Foster -, The Art of Kayaking: Everything You Need to Know About Paddling, →ISBN:The cross-bow rudder uses the offside blade on the onside of the kayak.

### Anagrams

* inodes, no side, noised, nosied, does in, side on, Eidson, Edison, Denios, diones