Answer: sideswipe

AnswerCrossword Clue
SIDESWIPE

Hit, but not head-on

SIDESWIPE

Glancing blow

SIDESWIPE

Give a Geo a glancing blow, for example

SIDESWIPE
Hit, in a way
SIDESWIPE
Oblique blow
SIDESWIPEStrike obliquely
SIDESWIPEHit, as a parked car
SIDESWIPEGraze, in a way