slider

Etymology

From slide +‎ -er.

The meaning "small hamburger" was originally used to describe onion-steamed small burgers at White Castle restaurants, formerly spelt "Slyder".

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪdə(r)

Noun

slider (plural sliders)

1. Agent noun of slide: one who slides.
2. A sliding door.
3. (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.

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

   We ordered five sliders.

6. (curling) A piece of Teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice.
7. (graphical user interface) A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.
8. (US, dialect) Pseudemys rugosa, the red-bellied terrapin.
9. (skydiving) A rectangle of fabric that helps produce an orderly parachute deployment.
10. Synonym of slide (“child's play equipment”)

See also

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

Anagrams

• Riedls, idlers, sidler

Noun

slider m (plural sliders or slider)

1. (baseball) slider