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slid·er

(slī′dər)

1. One that slides: The snowy hill was filled with young sliders.

2. Baseball A fast pitch released with the index and middle fingers close together and slightly off center so that it breaks in the same direction as a curve ball as it approaches the plate.

3. A small hamburger served on a small bun, usually as a snack or appetizer.

4. Any of various turtles of the genus Trachemys, especially T. scripta subsp. elegans of North America, having a red stripe behind the eye and often kept as a pet.

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slid•er

(ˈslaɪ dər)

n.

1. a person or thing that slides.

2. a fast-pitched baseball that curves slightly and sharply in front of a batter, away from the side from which it was thrown.

[1520–30]

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Noun	1.	slider - a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction skidder, slipper individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" snowboarder - someone who slides down snow-covered slopes while standing on a snowboard
	2.	slider - someone who races the luge luger sledder - someone who rides a sled
	3.	slider - freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets Pseudemys scripta, yellow-bellied terrapin turtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming genus Pseudemys, Pseudemys - sliders; red-bellied terrapin
	4.	slider - a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown fastball, heater, hummer, bullet, smoke - (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"

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slider

n (Comput: in dialog box) → Schieberegler m

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When the house was out of sight, I sat, with my bird-cage in the straw at my feet, forward on the low seat to look out of the high window, watching the frosty trees, that were like beautiful pieces of spar, and the fields all smooth and white with last night's snow, and the sun, so red but yielding so little heat, and the ice, dark like metal where the skaters and sliders had brushed the snow away.

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'See here, then,' said Squeers, accompanying his remarks with appropriate action, 'I fill the glass from the bottle, and I say "Your health, Slider," and empty it; then I rinse it genteelly with a little drop, which I'm forced to throw into the fire--hallo!

I'm a sort of a lawyer, Slider, of first-rate standing, and understanding too; I'm the intimate friend and confidential adwiser of pretty nigh every man, woman, and child that gets themselves into difficulties by being too nimble with their fingers, I'm--'

'More than even, Slider,' returned Squeers; 'you'd have been even with him if he'd got married; but with the disappointment besides, you're a long way ahead.

'And now you're up, my Slider,' bawled Squeers, as she rose to fetch them, 'bolt the door.'

Take care of that, Slider, literally for God's sake.

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Ageless Jackie Mwangi and Maureen Okumu scored a brace each as Telkom crushed Sliders 6-1 in a one-sided duel at City Park to go three points clear atop the women's hockey Premier League.Barbara Simiyu and Terry Juma scored Telkom's other goals in a match they led 2-0 at the break, before exploding to crush Sliders and take their tally to 17 points.

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