sidekick
sidekick
Definition
☆ side·kick (sīd′kik′)
noun
- a companion; close friend
- a partner; confederate
sidekick
Usage Examples
Possessives
- dad: In the modern of dad's sidekicks from the guy.
- hero: When Bibleman's original partner departed on a classified mission, he picked Cipher to replace him as the hero's sidekick.
Converse of object
- trust: It also appears that Blairs trusted sidekick Miliband is involved as well.
- have: They probably have a multi-coloured sidekick alongside them to assist in the maintenance of the illusion.
- wisecrack: There he is found by Pumbaa, a friendly warthog, and his wisecracking meerkat sidekick Timon.
- play: Billie, 23, who plays sidekick Rose Tyler will leave at the end of this series in a program called Doomsday.
- bumble: Can Danger Mouse and his bumbling sidekick Penfold keep us safe from deadly sound guns, giant chickens, pyramids and robot ghosts?
- become: An album resulted, and Nigel became a regular sidekick at live performances.
Adjective modifier
- trusty: Off I went with my trusty sidekick, Helen, to the delights of Corby.
- long-suffering: He and Kruger demonstrate some fine romantic chemistry, and Justin Bartha gets off some legitimately funny lines as Ben's long-suffering sidekick.
- faithful: Cartoon Robin Costume S Where would Batman be without his ' Ward ' and faithful sidekick, Robin?
- loyal: Baldrick is another dim yet loyal sidekick who inexplicably puts up with a lot of abuse from a heavily sadistic employer.
- female: This survey of female sidekicks comes full circle with another look at the Sexton Blake saga.
- young: Only Robin is missing, the younger sidekick is hard to being to the new film genre where humor is used only sparingly.
Modifies a noun
- role: What could have been a stereotypical sidekick role is wrestled to the fore by Law's refusal to play dumb.
Noun used with modifier
- comedy: What is unusual about Howard Read's comedy sidekick?
- animal: The confrontations between Donkey and him are hilarious, as the two scrambles to be Shrek annoying talking animal sidekick.
- radio: They were hosted on the Guardian website, and also featured his Extras co-writer Stephen Merchant and regular radio sidekick Karl Pilkington.
- idiot: Alongside his idiot sidekick, Ludicrous, he returns again and again to challenge the hero, and always fails.
- robot: Oh, and there's one really curious thing which I haven't yet mentioned: the obligatory robot sidekick.
