slider

[slahy-der]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that slides.
Baseball.��a pitch similar to a curveball but one in which the ball rolls or slides, rather than spins, out of the pitcher’s hand and, like a curveball, drops and veers as it approaches home plate, sharply but with less of a curve.
Johnson’s unhittable slider made him one of the best pitchers in the history of the game.
any of several freshwater turtles of the genus Chrysemys, of North America, having a smooth shell usually olive brown with various markings above and yellow below: some, especially C. scripta, are raised commercially and the young sold as pets, rarely surviving to adulthood.
a small burger on a bun.
beef and lamb sliders.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of slider¹

First recorded in 1520–30; 1930–35 slider for def. 2; slide + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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“If he could command that fastball on both sides of the plate, and present that slider as a strike, it should be a good outing for him.”

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The boy racially abused Mr Kohli, attacked him and slapped him in the face with a slider shoe while the girl encouraged the assault and laughed as she filmed it on her phone.

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He also had a good curve and a decent slider.

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The boy, who racially abused Mr Kohli before slapping him in the face with a slider shoe, was sentenced to seven years in custody at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday.

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“I think that there’s a lot of sinkers that are not sinking, they’re not commanded. He’s getting into some bad counts. There’s times where he’s not landing his slider,” Roberts said of Banda’s struggles.

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slide over slide rest

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