sidekick

[sahyd-kik]

noun

1. a close friend.

2. a confederate or assistant.

sidekick

/ ˈsaɪdˌkɪk /

noun

1. informal,  a close friend or follower who accompanies another on adventures, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of sidekick¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; side ¹ + kick

Example Sentences

She added that her "little sidekick" made her "a very proud mum".

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Lavrenty Beria, the ruthless head of Stalin’s secret police and the dictator’s most fawning sidekick, fully expected to take the reins.

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Yet the pudgy former late-night sidekick is beguiling viewers on the 34th season of “Dancing with the Stars.”

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He’d simply typed in the date he invented time travel for a few fleeting seconds of nostalgia, intending all the while to ditch his teen sidekick and zoom away to explore the 21st century.

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That line, uttered by irrepressible sidekick Short Round in 1984’s “Indiana Jones at the Temple of Doom,” has endured, even if it didn’t end up being true.

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Related Words

• buddy