Word.ws English Dictionary

slider

US/ˈslaɪdɚ/

slider noun: a potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.

Noun

slider (plural sliders)

  1. A potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.
  2. A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.
    • In the Vista Volume Mixer tool, when you move the speaker volume slider, the program sliders move along with it.2008, Paul McFedries, Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed, page 186
  3. A sliding door.
    • 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 […]1985 April 6, “Houses for Sale (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 11
  4. A pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin, resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher.
    • The closer had a wicked slider that was almost unhittable.
  5. A similar delivery in which the wrist and ring finger work to impart backspin to the ball.
  6. A small hamburger or sandwich, typically served in a warm bun.
    • We ordered five sliders.
  7. The movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth.
    Synonyms:
    slide
  8. A rectangle of fabric that helps produce an orderly parachute deployment.
  9. Synonym of slide (“child's play equipment”).
    Synonyms:
    slide
  10. A person using such a slide (“child’s play equipment”).
  11. A piece of Teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice.
  12. An open-toed and backless sandal; a slide.
    • Catch me up in snowin, in my sliders and my shorts
      Chicks tryna get my brotha Flips to share his thoughts2019, Stormzy, Vossi Bop
Show 5 more meaningsShow fewer meanings
  1. (US, dialectal) A red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rubriventris, syn. Pseudemys rugosa).
  2. Any skink in the genus Lerista, endemic to Australia.
  3. A slider turtle, any turtle in the genus Trachemys, native to the Americas.
  4. A strip of material with holes in it, used to selectively block pipes in an organ.
  5. (Internet) A slideshow on a web page.

Proper noun capitalized: Slider

Slider (plural Sliders)

  1. A surname.

slider meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

slider in Hindi

फ़िसलपट्टी

slider in Tamil

வழுக்கி

slider in Marathi

स्लाइडर, स्लायडर, स्लाईडर

slider in Urdu

سلائیڈر, سلائڈر
More languagesFewer languages
slider in Bengali
স্লাইডার
slider in Telugu
స్లైడర్, స్లయిడర్
slider in Malayalam
സ്ലൈഡർ, സ്ലയിഡർ, സ്ലയ്ഡർ
slider in Kannada
ಸ್ಲೈಡರ್, ಸ್ಲಯಿಡರ್
slider in Punjabi
ਸਲਾਈਡਰ
slider in Gujarati
સ્લાઈડર, સ્લાઇડર
slider in Odia
ସ୍ଲାଇଡର, ସ୍ଲାଇଡର୍
slider in Nepali
स्लाइडर, स्लाईडर
slider in Vietnamese
con trượt, thanh trượt

Examples of slider in a sentence

  • Jones struck out on a nasty slider.
  • The pitcher struck out Jones with a nasty slider.
  • His front door slider is hard to handle.

All 14 example sentences with slider

Synonyms of slider

Forms of slider

Noun
pluralsliders
Proper noun
pluralSliders

Plural of slider: sliders

Origin of slider

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.

Words formed from slider

Phrases with slider

Words that rhyme with slider

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about slider

What does slider mean?
Slider means a potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.
What is slider in Hindi?
Slider in Hindi is फ़िसलपट्टी. See Slider meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is slider?
Slider can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce slider?
Slider is pronounced /ˈslaɪdɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of slider?
The plural of slider is sliders.

Words near slider in the dictionary

  1. slideometer
  2. slideometers
  3. slideout
  4. slideouts
  5. slideproof
  6. slider
  7. slider phone
  8. slider phones
  9. slider pump
  10. slider pumps
  11. sliders

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: slider (page history and authors); Slider (page history and authors); slider (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); slider (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); slider (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slider (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slider (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slider (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slider (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slider (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slider (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slider (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slider (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slider (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-au-slider.ogg.

Cite this entry: “slider.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/slider. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.