sidewinder
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From side + winder (“one who winds or wends, traveller”), from the sideways, looping manner in which they move.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪd.waɪn.dɚ/
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun[edit]
sidewinder (plural sidewinders)
- A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.
- (slang) A person who is untrustworthy and dangerous.
- (slang, dated) A heavy swinging blow from the side which disables an adversary.
- (baseball, colloquial) A pitcher who throws sidearm.
- A type of middle-distance deep-sea trawler widely used during the 1960s and 1970s.
Translations[edit]
Snake Crotalus cerastes
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Further reading[edit]
- Crotalus cerastes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia