slider
IPA: sɫˈaɪdɝ
noun
- A sliding door.
- (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin, resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher.
- (cricket) A similar delivery in which the wrist and ring finger work to impart backspin to the ball.
- A small hamburger.
- (curling) A piece of Teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice.
- The movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth.
- (graphical user interface) A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.
- (graphical user interface, Internet) A slideshow on a web page.
- (US, dialect) the red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rubriventris, syn. Pseudemys rugosa).
- (skydiving) A rectangle of fabric that helps produce an orderly parachute deployment.
- Synonym of slide (“child's play equipment”)
- An open-toed and backless sandal
- A surname.
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Examples of "slider" in Sentences
- Henderson was a headfirst slider.
- It is a subspecies of pond slider.
- Crankshaft and crank slider mechanism.
- It is not covered by any special slider.
- Imagine a slider on the top of the page.
- Another purveyor of the slider is Krystal.
- But that slider that slider would kill me.
- A slider is slidable in and along the slot.
- An actuating wire is connected to the slider.
- The slider slows and controls the deployment of the parachute.
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