frontside

English

Alternative forms

• front-side, front side

Etymology

From front ‎ side.

Adjective

frontside (not comparable)

1. (board sports) Approaching a wave or obstacle forward, rather than backward
   • 2009 January 24, Randy Starkman, “Silver medal eases pain for Batchelor at world championships”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     His routine, as described by the Canadian Snowboard Federation, sounded like a day on the golf course: it featured a "front nine, a back nine, a front five followed by frontside and backside air, ending with a back ten to impress the judges and large crowd.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see front,‎ side.

Antonyms

• backside

 

Derived terms

• frontside bus

 

Descendants

• French: frontside

Translations

Translations

• French: frontside (fr)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English frontside.

Adjective

frontside (plural frontsides)

1. (board sports) frontside