Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that slides.
- noun Baseball A fast pitch released with the index and middle fingers close together and slightly off center so that it breaks in the same direction as a curve ball as it approaches the plate.
- noun A small hamburger served on a small bun, usually as a snack or appetizer.
- noun Any of various turtles of the genus Trachemys, especially T. scripta subsp. elegans of North America, having a red stripe behind the eye and often kept as a pet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
slidder . - noun One who or that which slides.
- noun The potter, skilpot, red-fender, or red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rugosa (or Chrysemys rubriventris), an inferior kind of terrapin or turtle sometimes cooked in place of the genuine Malacoclemmys palustris, or diamond-back.
- noun plural Drawers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete See
slidder . - noun One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine.
- noun (Zoöl.), Local, U. S. The red-bellied terrapin (
Pseudemys rugosa ). - noun (Zoöl.) any of several North American freshwater turtles of the genus Chrysemis; some, such as
C. scripta are sold commercially as pets. - noun (Baseball) a fast pitch that breaks slightly just in front of the batter, in the same direction as a curve ball (i. e. , away from the side from which it was thrown).
- noun a form of rotary pump.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun ofslide : one who slides. - noun baseball A
pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin andsidespin , resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher. - noun cricket A similar
delivery in which the wrist and ring finger work to impartbackspin to theball . - noun A small
hamburger . - noun curling A piece of
teflon or similar material attached to acurling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice. - noun graphical user interface A
widget allowing theuser to select avalue orposition on a slidingscale . - noun US, dialect Pseudemys rugosa, the red-bellied
terrapin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
- noun freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets
- noun someone who races the luge
- noun a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term slider comes from the famous White Castle burger chain, the first of which opened in
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The term slider comes from the famous White Castle burger chain, the first of which opened in
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The term slider comes from the famous White Castle burger chain, the first of which opened in
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The term slider comes from the famous White Castle burger chain, the first of which opened in
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The term slider comes from the famous White Castle burger chain, the first of which opened in
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The term slider comes from the famous White Castle burger chain, the first of which opened in
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"I got into that situation where I went 3-2 with LeCroy and I thought, my slider is my big pitch and I just have to try and box him with one," Wickman said.
USATODAY.com 2004
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You're talking about a plus-plus fastball and a plus-plus changeup, and his slider is an average pitch.
USATODAY.com 2003
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Users may not instinctively know what the slider is for - although Apple, in OS X omit icons on the 'Finder' zoom slider.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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My friend and I split the sirloin slider and the mini smoked bacon pizza.
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