Definitions
Examples
“For Harry Potter, his sidekick is a white owl named Hedwig.”
The Washington Post: Harry Potter to blame for India's owls disappearing?
“He dates a model, and his sidekick is his butler, a weedy ex-con of some kind.”
“Unless having a black sidekick is supposed to be some kind of magnanimous humanitarian gesture.”
““Unless having a black sidekick is supposed to be some kind of magnanimous humanitarian gesture.””
“His sidekick is really funny; the spirits force him to wear a samurai topknot in penance for his cowardice in the “battle league” and the reactions of other people seeing it never get old (I especially like the waitress who is so flustered she drops her serving tray).”
Fantastic Fest – Battle League In Kyoto (Kamogawa Horumo) « Geek Related
“The parker sidekick is a good one, you should chec it out on their website. google for it. hope it helps”
“After this, Taylor (and succubus reporter sidekick from the Nightside tabloid that is employing him) go out and do what Taylor does best.”
“An old sidekick is bitter he was left in prison after a battle goes wrong, so he takes an woman hostage to draw his mentor out.”
Superhero Prose Fiction: Unique - The Final Flight Of the Blue Bee
“A sidekick is the last thing Indiana Jones needs.”
“I'm still working on the logo, and the position of sidekick is open.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sidekick’.
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POL - scandalous (single words only)
acolyte, archrival, backhander, backlash, baksheesh, bashing, boo, bribery, cadre, chicanery, clash, coercion and 256 more...
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all sides
sidecar, sidekick, sided, sidelong, sider, sideline, sidewise, sideways, sidetrack, sideslip, sidestep, sidepiece and 103 more...
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
explorer, navigator, frontier, mustang, quest, cougar, sidekick, legend, legacy, ranger, voyager, civic and 266 more...
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POL - scandalous (words and collocati...
Words and collocations associated with political scandal
blow the whistle, boo, cronyism and rigging, democratic deficit, denigrate, dirty linen, fiasco, finger pointing a..., graft, hidden account, hush money, illicit financing... and 578 more...
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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Kicks
kick, kicks, I get a kick out ..., kick off, kickstand, kick around, kick back, kick in, kick up, kick the bucket, kick the habit, kick plate and 41 more...
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POL - cool compounds
scaremongering, facelifting, mudslinging, gerrymandering, goldplating, muscleflexing, headway, pinpointing, hobby-horse, barnstorming, grandfathering, finger-wagging and 31 more...
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EN-HU - fun and challenge to translate
Highly descriptive coinages (either in EN or HU) which are difficult to translate between the two languages. If - as a simultaneous interpreter - you get them right on the move, you deserve to be p...
backpfeifengesicht, a wise head on yo..., bad hair day, big cheese, blame shift, cherry picking, intellectual heav..., lack nunchi, schlimazl, cash cow, cherry boy, ass munch and 65 more...
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National Library Agenda Summit
nla2006, summit, agenda, library, ala, diversity, education, learning, continuous, scan, environmental, plan and 646 more...
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ShuckFinn's Words
abecedarian, conflate, mondegreen, whit, truculent, downright, pugnacious, effluvium, canker, inveigle, obfuscate, melancholy and 227 more...
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delcj's Words
gavotte, perverse, tchotchkes, schmoop, divisural, triplicostate, albatross, snuggery, virgule, separatrix, solidus, tetrodotoxin and 116 more...
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My Words
Words that I use regularly and consider mine.
zen, poser, savvy, angst, flustered, bitter, whatsoever, farfetched, indeed, scenario, inevitable, salvage and 134 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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arby's words
me default
shirty, kerfuffle, tenterhooks, susurrus, palimpsest, crimson, rufous, cicatrix, crepuscular, carapace, quaff, exanimate and 239 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for sidekick.

trudim any idea where this comes from? (especially the "kick" part? ) thanks! Sep 22, 2012
yarb It certainly is a rip-snorter of a word. Apr 19, 2011
Ben Davis This is my favorite word of all time. Its etymology defies reason, yet its meaning is rarely questioned. Apr 19, 2011