from side to side
Spanning the width
From side to side describes movement or extent spanning the full width of something, alternating between opposite edges: The pendulum swung from side to side.
It suggests repeated or continuous lateral motion: She shook her head from side to side.
Also describes measurement across: The room was twelve feet from side to side.
- wobbleUnsteady side-to-side motion
- zigzagAngled back-and-forth path
- rollList of names
- swayRock back and forth
- oscillateMove rhythmically between extremes
rock · rocking chair · pendulum swing · undulate · slide · alternate · swing · swinging door · metronome · metronome tick · tick-tock · windshield wipers · waggle · ripple · traverse · wave · fluctuate · seesaw
from side to sideup and down
Alternating between extremes
vertically · from top to bottom · back and forth · lengthwise · to and fro
from side to sidestationary
Not in motion
still · motionless · fixed · immobile · in place
side, beside, besides, sideways, sides, sidelong, sideward, sidewise