slider

American

[slahy-der] / ˈslaɪ dər /

noun

a person or thing that slides.
Baseball. a pitch similar to a curveball but one in which the ball rolls or slides, rather than spins, out of the pitcher’s hand and, like a curveball, drops and veers as it approaches home plate, sharply but with less of a curve.

Johnson’s unhittable slider made him one of the best pitchers in the history of the game.
any of several freshwater turtles of the genus Chrysemys, of North America, having a smooth shell usually olive brown with various markings above and yellow below: some, especially C. scripta, are raised commercially and the young sold as pets, rarely surviving to adulthood.
a small burger on a bun.

beef and lamb sliders.

Etymology

Origin of slider

First recorded in 1520–30; 1930–35 slider for def. 2; slide + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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Yamamoto reached into his five-pitch repertoire Saturday, mixing in six fastballs, eight splitters, five sinkers, four cutters, four curveballs and three sliders.

From Los Angeles Times

“Then he hung a slider, and I put a good swing on it,” Rojas said.

From Los Angeles Times

Pushing off before the lights go out results in heavy penalties or even disqualification and that led to many of the sliders erring on the side of caution with some hesitant starts.

From BBC

Latvian Martins Dukurs - widely regarded as the greatest slider to ever take to the ice - became Great Britain's new coach in 2022.

From BBC

Weston was the only slider under 56 seconds as he clocked 55.88secs in heat two, to add to his 56.21secs in run one on the new Cortina sliding track.

From BBC

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