slider
English
/ˈslaɪdɚ/
noun
Definitions
- one who slides.
- 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.
- (GUI) A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.
- (GUI) A slideshow on a web page.
- (US) the (, syn. ).
- (skydiving) A rectangle of fabric that helps produce an orderly parachute deployment.
- An open-toed and backless sandal
Etymology
Affix from English slide.
Origin
English
slide
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backslide English
- bluntslide English
- boardslide English
- catslide English
- downslide English
- hairslide English
- landslide English
- lipslide English
- microslide English
- midslide English
- mudslide English
- noseslide English
- outslide English
- overslide English
- ranch English
- ranchslider English
- rockslide English
- slide English
- slide-butt English
- slideable English
- slidegroat English
- slideout English
- slideshow English
- slidest English
- slideth English
- slideware English
- slideway English
- slidewire English
- slidey English
- slidometer English
- slither English
- snowslide English
- tailslide English
- слайд Russian
- *sleydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- slide Portuguese
- スライダー Japanese
- スライド Japanese
- sliden Middle English
- slajd Czech
- ranch
- slide
- slidey
- slither
- slidest
- slideth
- midslide
- catslide
- slideout
- mudslide
- lipslide
- outslide
- slideway
- slideable
- rockslide
- slideware
- landslide
- noseslide
- tailslide
- overslide
- snowslide
- hairslide
- slidewire
- downslide
- backslide
- slideshow
- bluntslide
- slidegroat
- slidometer
- boardslide
- slide-butt
- microslide
- ranchslider