slid·er

(slī′dər)

1. One that slides: The snowy hill was filled with young sliders.

2. 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.

3. A small hamburger served on a small bun, usually as a snack or appetizer.

4. 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.

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slid•er

(ˈslaɪ dər)

n.

1. a person or thing that slides.

2. a fast-pitched baseball that curves slightly and sharply in front of a batter, away from the side from which it was thrown.

[1520–30]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	slider - a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction skidder, slipper individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" snowboarder - someone who slides down snow-covered slopes while standing on a snowboard
	2.	slider - someone who races the luge luger sledder - someone who rides a sled
	3.	slider - freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets Pseudemys scripta, yellow-bellied terrapin turtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming genus Pseudemys, Pseudemys - sliders; red-bellied terrapin
	4.	slider - a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown fastball, heater, hummer, bullet, smoke - (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"

Translations

slider

n (Comput: in dialog box) → Schieberegler m

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