slider

Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪdə(r)

Etymology

slide +‎ -er

Noun

slider (plural sliders)

1. Agent noun of slide: one who slides.
2. (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.

   The closer had a wicked slider that was almost unhittable.

3. (cricket) A similar delivery in which the wrist and ring finger work to impart backspin to the ball.
4. A small hamburger.

   We ordered five sliders.

5. (curling) A piece of teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice.
6. (graphical user interface) A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.
7. (US, dialect) Pseudemys rugosa, the red-bellied terrapin.

Synonyms

• (small hamburger): minihamburger

Translations

(curlingslider) a piece of teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe

• Italian: scivolante (it)

• Russian: слайдер (ru) (slájdɛr) m

(softwareslider, graphical user interfaceCategory:en:Graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position

• German: Schieberegler (de) m
• Russian: ползунок (ru) (polzunók) m

• Turkish: kaydırgaç (tr), kaydırıcı (tr), sürgülü makara (tr)

See also

• curveball
• fastball
• cut fastball
• two-seam fastball
• split finger fastball
• sinker
• screwball
• knuckleball

Anagrams

• idlers