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slider en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈslaɪdɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From slide + -er. The meaning "small hamburger" was originally used to describe onion-steamed small burgers at White Castle restaurants, formerly spelt "Slyder". Regarding the senses about control devices or widgets: physical sliders (potentiometers serving as rheostats) predate virtual ones (elements in graphical user interfaces), and the virtual ones are so named because their concept is the abstraction of the physical ones; if more explanation on that topic is needed, it is available in the Wikipedia articles on skeuomorphs, icons, and the desktop metaphor.

Meanings

  1. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ A potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.
  2. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.
    • In the Vista Volume Mixer tool, when you move the speaker volume slider, the program sliders move along with it. 2008, Paul McFedries, Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed, page 186:
  3. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ A sliding door.
    • Woburn-NEW custom build 5 bedroom, 4 baths, lg. living room, lg. formal dining room, see thru fireplace, 2 sliders to two decks, 1 oversized garage […] 1985 April 6, “Houses for Sale (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
  4. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ 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.
  5. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ A similar delivery in which the wrist and ring finger work to impart backspin to the ball.
  6. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ A small hamburger or sandwich, typically served in a warm bun.
    • We ordered five sliders.
  7. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ The movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth.
  8. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ A rectangle of fabric that helps produce an orderly parachute deployment.
  9. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ Synonym of slide (“child's play equipment”).
  10. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ A person using such a slide (“child’s play equipment”).
  11. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ A piece of Teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice.
  12. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ An open-toed and backless sandal; a slide.
    • Catch me up in snowin, in my sliders and my shorts Chicks tryna get my brotha Flips to share his thoughts 2019, Stormzy, Vossi Bop:
  13. (US, dialectal) Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ A red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rubriventris, syn. Pseudemys rugosa).
  14. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ Any skink in the genus Lerista, endemic to Australia.
  15. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ A slider turtle, any turtle in the genus Trachemys, native to the Americas.
  16. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. ▸ A strip of material with holes in it, used to selectively block pipes in an organ.
  17. (Internet) A slideshow on a web page.

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Deriveds

pond slider · yellow-bellied slider · ranch slider · D'Orbigny's slider · red-eared slider · back door slider · slider phone · Cumberland slider · slider pump · skeleton slider · slurve · Perth slider · yellowbelly slider · ranchslider

Relateds

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

Synonyms

slide · slide · miniburger (small hamburger) · minihamburger (small hamburger)

Translations (19)

fr barre coulissante ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · mi rēreti ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · ko 슬라이더 ((baseball) a pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin) · fr tirette (a linearly controlled potentiometer) · cs posuvník ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · pl suwak ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · ru ползуно́к ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · tr kaydırgaç ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · tr sürgülü makara ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · vi con trượt ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · ru сла́йдер ((curling) a piece of teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe) · pt controlador deslizante ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · vi thanh trượt ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · es control deslizante ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · tr kaydırıcı ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · ja スライダー ((baseball) a pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin) · de Schieberegler ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) · it scivolante ((curling) a piece of teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe) · fi liukusäädin ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position)