slider
/ˈslaɪdɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Agent noun of slide: that which slides.
noun
Agent noun of slide: that which slides.
noun
Agent noun of slide: that which slides.
noun
Agent noun of slide: that which slides.
noun
Agent noun of slide: that which slides.
noun
Agent noun of slide: that which slides.
noun
Agent noun of slide: that which slides.
noun
Agent noun of slide: that which slides.
Example Sentences
- "In the Vista Volume Mixer tool, when you move the speaker volume slider, the program sliders move along with it."
- "Woburn-NEW custom build 5 bedroom, 4 baths, lg. living room, lg. formal dining room, see thru fireplace, 2 sliders to two decks, 1 oversized garage […]"
- "The closer had a wicked slider that was almost unhittable."
- "We ordered five sliders."
- "Catch me up in snowin, in my sliders and my shorts Chicks tryna get my brotha Flips to share his thoughts"
Etymology
From slide + -er. The meaning "small hamburger" was originally used to describe onion-steamed small burgers at White Castle restaurants, formerly spelt "Slyder". Regarding the senses about control devices or widgets: physical sliders (potentiometers serving as rheostats) predate virtual ones (elements in graphical user interfaces), and the virtual ones are so named because their concept is the abstraction of the physical ones; if more explanation on that topic is needed, it is available in the Wikipedia articles on skeuomorphs, icons, and the desktop metaphor.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈslaɪdɚ/
Usage
- American usage
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