slider

American  

[slahy-der] / ˈslaɪ dər /

noun

• sliders
  plural

1. a person or thing that slides.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. a small burger on a bun.

   beef and lamb sliders.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sliders
  plural

Etymology

Origin of slider

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

Example Sentences

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The pitcher better known as “Tugboat” is a 250-pound left-hander with a 90 mph fastball, an unremarkable slider and not much else to speak of.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Five pitches into the at-bat, Yan caught the hitter looking on an 88.7-mph slider for a called third strike.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Scholl slider mules are the original orthopaedic shoe, Baidoo says - and admits she once had a pair in pink suede.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

He was a prodigy armed with a 100 mph fastball, a ferocious slider and a devastating splitter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

She adjusted the slider over the video timeline and trimmed.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

He toyed around with sliders and curveballs and change-ups and even a splitter in the hopes of finding an off-speed option to complement his ever-improving fastball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Humane Society staff is also caring for about 165 horses, several ponies and red-eared sliders who are still at the sanctuary, according to the organization.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026

The two are so hyperfixated on the idea of sliders, fries and a couple of soft drinks that they’ll stop at nothing to get their hands on the perfect fast food.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2026

"I incorporated that into the appetisers so I'm doing grilled elk sliders, which I think is fun."

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

Angels bow on either side of her, offering her Hostess CupCakes and hot pizza bites and sliders.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson