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SLIDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slider mean? 

SLIDER (noun)
  The noun SLIDER has 4 senses:

1. a person who slips or slides because of loss of tractionplay

2. someone who races the lugeplay

3. freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as petsplay

4. a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrownplay

  Familiarity information: SLIDER used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLIDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

skidder; slider; slipper

Hypernyms ("slider" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slider"):

snowboarder (someone who slides down snow-covered slopes while standing on a snowboard)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who races the luge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

luger; slider

Hypernyms ("slider" is a kind of...):

sledder (someone who rides a sled)

Derivation:

slide (to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Pseudemys scripta; slider; yellow-bellied terrapin

Hypernyms ("slider" is a kind of...):

turtle (any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming)

Holonyms ("slider" is a member of...):

genus Pseudemys; Pseudemys (sliders; red-bellied terrapin)


Sense 4

Meaning:

A fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("slider" is a kind of...):

bullet; fastball; heater; hummer; smoke ((baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity)

Derivation:

slide (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner)


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