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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slider sliders

The Dodgers struggled against veteran Yankees starter Gerrit Cole — until he hung a slider to Muncy in the seventh inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

I like to make them with sweet bread rolls, like King’s Hawaiian, but any slider bun works perfectly.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Some users complained that it made the screen hard to read, and the company added a slider that will allow people to adjust its appearance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

He has added a cutter to the mix, to pair with his curveball and slider.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Dimple snorted and reached for the last bite of her salmon slider.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

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

Batters across MLB put up a dismal .210 batting average against splitters last season, compared with .224 against sliders and sweepers and .225 against curveballs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

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 ● Feb. 21, 2026

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 ● Feb. 15, 2026

I step outside through the sliders he points to, but Lolo isn’t sitting in any of the chairs there.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina