sidebar noun 7verb 1forms 3 noun7 •A short news story printed alongside a larger one. •A block of information placed at the side of a printed page.The tables in the sidebar can be used to determine “average” height and weight, and to provide a slight random variation if desired. — 2004 •(Internet) A block of information placed at the side of a webpage. •(US) A short conference, between a judge and the attorneys of a case, held outside the hearing of the jury and the spectators at the court. •(US) The place in the courtroom where such a conference happens. •A short conversation between a smaller portion of a group held outside the hearing of the rest of the group.May we have a moment to discuss your proposition? Sidebar! Let's pick a topic. Sidebar! — 2017 •An accessory side note or aside made during a conversation, without changing the scope of the audience.Well, when Charlotte had her mini-death, she went to Hell. Forest haunted her Hell loop and now is haunting her nightmares -- which, sidebar, Dan is also a part of, so things are heating up. — 2018 verb1 •To place (information) into a sidebar, or as if into a sidebar. formssidebarred · sidebarring · sidebars