sidewinder

plural sidewinders

1. A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.
2. slangA person who is untrustworthy and dangerous.
3. datedslangA heavy swinging blow from the side which disables an adversary.
4. colloquialball gamesA pitcher who throws sidearm.
5. nauticalA type of middle-distance deep-sea trawler widely used during the 1960s and 1970s.
6. A rollercoaster element where riders enter a half-loop followed by a half-corkscrew, and exit perpendicular to the direction of entry.

present singular third person sidewinders · participle present sidewindering · participle past sidewindered · past sidewindered

1. Synonym of sidewind.

   Synonyms: sidewind

plural Sidewinders

1. Formally the AIM-9 Sidewinder, first used by the US in 1956, one of the oldest, cheapest, and most successful short-range air-to-air missiles, still in use by many countries in the 2020s.