sidewindern.²

Brit.

/ˈsʌɪdˌwʌɪndə/, U.S.

/ˈsaɪdˌwaɪndər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: side n.¹, wind v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < side n.¹ (see side n.¹ Compounds 2a) + wind v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare later sidewind v.In sense 1a with allusion to the snake's distinctive lateral mode of locomotion. With use in sense 3, compare the following earlier example apparently referring to a batted ball, although this may rather show an otherwise unrecorded sense of sidewinder n.¹:1870 Grand Rapids (Mich.) Daily Eagle 9 July Hubbard making his third on a side-winder to left field. In sense 4 with allusion to ability of the sidewinder snake to locate its prey using sensory organs that detect the thermal radiation it emits.

Originally and chiefly U.S.

a. Any of several small desert snakes that habitually move diagonally across the ground by throwing the body into a series of S-shaped curves; esp. a pale-coloured nocturnal burrowing rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, found in the Mohave and Sonoran desert regions of the United States and Mexico. Also attributive, designating such a snake.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus or member of genus Crotalus > rattlesnake

rattlesnake1624

cascabel1758

prairie rattlesnake1817

rattler1827

water rattle1832

mangrove cascabel1858

horned rattlesnake1870

sidewinder1875

prairie rattler1878

diamond rattlesnake1883

water rattler1888

diamond-back1907

timber rattler1936

1875 H. C. Yarrow in Rep. Geogr. & Geol. Explor. & Surv. West 100th Meridian (Engineer Dept., U.S. Army) V. 535 They were also seen in Arizona, and are called ‘side-winders’ by the settlers, owing to their peculiar lateral progressive motion.

1888 Riverside Nat. Hist. III. 402 The New Mexicans have named this animal the ‘side-winder’, because of the slightly lateral motion which they have in passing forwards.

1906 Out West Feb. 136 It is..a land of the side-winder, the Gila monster, the scorpion and the centipede.

1949 Nat. Hist. May 212/2 Among other interesting tracks are the slanting ‘ladder-rung’ trails of the sidewinder rattlesnakes.

1971 ‘D. Shannon’ Ringer ix. 149 Royce shied back at the sight of him as if he'd been a sidewinder.

2004 Global May 66/2 We spotted the paw prints of a kangaroo rat and the distinctive spiral trail of a sidewinder rattlesnake.

b. A person or thing likened to a sidewinder snake; spec. a troublesome, treacherous, or unpredictable person. Cf. rattlesnake n. 1b.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] > cause of > one causing

stroublerc1460

molester1569

discomfiter1807

terror1876

villain1895

sidewinder1906

trouble-maker1923

stirrer1963

1906 McClure's Mag. Feb. 414/2 You never could tell where Texas Pete was goin' to jump next. He was a sidewinder and a diamond-back and a little black rattlesnake all rolled into one.

1936 G. Rounds Ol' Paul 21 It was known as the orneriest river... It was an old ‘side winder’ for fair.

1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iv. i. 244 Hup, you broom-tailed hay-burning sidewinders.

1964 R. Murphy Pond ix. 129 ‘They grew up with her and knew what a sidewinder she was.’ ‘What's a sidewinder?’ Joey asked. ‘It's a rattlesnake, but I meant it as a sort of troublemaker.’

2004 Boys Toys July 122/2 He went back into the bar..and fired a shot into the ceiling. ‘Which of you sidewinders stole my horse?’ he bellowed.

2. Forestry. A tree which falls as a result of being hit by another falling tree, typically unexpectedly and often with a twisting or turning motion.

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1905 Washington Post 26 Mar. iv. 1/6 A tree knocked down by a falling tree generally turns or twists before it breaks off, and is hence called a ‘sidewinder’.

1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 46 Side winder, a tree knocked down unexpectedly by the falling of another.

1918 Monthly Bull. Loyal Legion Loggers & Lumbermen July 27/2 A riggingslinger..was hit with a side-winder and received a compound fracture of the left leg.

1982 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 956/1 When a tree was about to fall the faller yelled ‘timber’ and probably ‘look out for widow makers’ or ‘Sidewinders’.

3. Baseball. A sidearm pitcher.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > pitcher

pitcher1845

relief pitcher1884

southpaw1887

side-wheeler1890

moundsman1906

pretzel bender1908

starter1911

sidewinder1913

low-ball pitcher1915

fastballer1924

route-goer1924

reliever1925

hurler1926

fireballer1928

spitballer1928

screwballer1929

stopper1948

closer1980

middleman1985

1913 Muscatine (Iowa) Jrnl. 9 May 8/4 Boyle has also signed up Zackert, the sidewinder who is no stranger here.

1931 Chicago Defender 11 July 8/4 Luther McDonald, former American and Columbia Giants sidewinder.

1960 Press Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 23 July The Dodgers' fireballing sidewinder blew down 14 Phillies on strikeouts.

2013 D. Johnson Compl. Guide Pitching 106 The deception of the sidewinder is that he is upright and then makes a drastic posture change, delivering the ball from a very odd and low angle.

4. Usually with capital initial. A type of short-range air-to-air missile employing a homing system (typically one that uses infrared technology). Frequently attributive, esp. in Sidewinder missile.For the semantic motivation of this sense see note in etymology.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.

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1952 R. Hofstadter et al. in Final Rep.: Mil. Role Infrared Detection (Brown Univ.) II. iii. 119 The Sidewinder missile is a guided missile adapting an IR seeker head to an existing (HPAG) 5″ rocket... The Sidewinder is characterized by simplicity of mechanical and electronic design.

1987 R.A.F. Yearbk. 36/3 Provision for the carriage and firing of Sidewinder air-to-air missiles in the event of a war situation.

1996 Financial Times 14 Dec. 3 The US decision to buy an evolution of the existing Sidewinder missile suggests that the Pentagon is increasingly opting for low-cost and low-risk upgrades of its existing stocks.

2013 G. K. Piehler Encycl. Mil. Sci. 77/2 The Sidewinder currently in use is the AIM-9X variant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sidewinder
释义	† sidewindern.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: side n.¹, winder n.² Etymology: < side n.¹ + winder n.² (see winder n.² 2a). U.S. slang. Obsolete. A punch delivered from or on the side. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > with the fist > on or from the side sidewipe1725 sidewinder1824 sidewiper1870 1824 Emerald (N.Y.) 16 Oct. 109/2 Round 12.—Kensett received a few side-winders, and returned upon Hammond's carroited [sic] artery. 1846 J. Codman Sailor's Life & Sailor's Yarns 31 ‘Take that then, for want of a shillaleh!’ said the lumper, giving him a side-winder with his fist. 1857 N.Y. Daily Tribune 8 Jan. 4/3 To seize..the opportunity of dealing Recorder Smith what the boys call a side-winder. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table ii. 39 The boys of my time used to call a hit like this a ‘side-winder’. 1908 L. F. Andrews Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa I. 401 The Doctor..gave him a side-winder straight from the shoulder, which landed him out on the sidewalk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2019). sidewindern.² Brit. /ˈsʌɪdˌwʌɪndə/, U.S. /ˈsaɪdˌwaɪndər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: side n.¹, wind v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < side n.¹ (see side n.¹ Compounds 2a) + wind v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare later sidewind v.In sense 1a with allusion to the snake's distinctive lateral mode of locomotion. With use in sense 3, compare the following earlier example apparently referring to a batted ball, although this may rather show an otherwise unrecorded sense of sidewinder n.¹:1870 Grand Rapids (Mich.) Daily Eagle 9 July Hubbard making his third on a side-winder to left field. In sense 4 with allusion to ability of the sidewinder snake to locate its prey using sensory organs that detect the thermal radiation it emits. Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. a. Any of several small desert snakes that habitually move diagonally across the ground by throwing the body into a series of S-shaped curves; esp. a pale-coloured nocturnal burrowing rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, found in the Mohave and Sonoran desert regions of the United States and Mexico. Also attributive, designating such a snake. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus or member of genus Crotalus > rattlesnake rattlesnake1624 cascabel1758 prairie rattlesnake1817 rattler1827 water rattle1832 mangrove cascabel1858 horned rattlesnake1870 sidewinder1875 prairie rattler1878 diamond rattlesnake1883 water rattler1888 diamond-back1907 timber rattler1936 1875 H. C. Yarrow in Rep. Geogr. & Geol. Explor. & Surv. West 100th Meridian (Engineer Dept., U.S. Army) V. 535 They were also seen in Arizona, and are called ‘side-winders’ by the settlers, owing to their peculiar lateral progressive motion. 1888 Riverside Nat. Hist. III. 402 The New Mexicans have named this animal the ‘side-winder’, because of the slightly lateral motion which they have in passing forwards. 1906 Out West Feb. 136 It is..a land of the side-winder, the Gila monster, the scorpion and the centipede. 1949 Nat. Hist. May 212/2 Among other interesting tracks are the slanting ‘ladder-rung’ trails of the sidewinder rattlesnakes. 1971 ‘D. Shannon’ Ringer ix. 149 Royce shied back at the sight of him as if he'd been a sidewinder. 2004 Global May 66/2 We spotted the paw prints of a kangaroo rat and the distinctive spiral trail of a sidewinder rattlesnake. b. A person or thing likened to a sidewinder snake; spec. a troublesome, treacherous, or unpredictable person. Cf. rattlesnake n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] > cause of > one causing stroublerc1460 molester1569 discomfiter1807 terror1876 villain1895 sidewinder1906 trouble-maker1923 stirrer1963 1906 McClure's Mag. Feb. 414/2 You never could tell where Texas Pete was goin' to jump next. He was a sidewinder and a diamond-back and a little black rattlesnake all rolled into one. 1936 G. Rounds Ol' Paul 21 It was known as the orneriest river... It was an old ‘side winder’ for fair. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iv. i. 244 Hup, you broom-tailed hay-burning sidewinders. 1964 R. Murphy Pond ix. 129 ‘They grew up with her and knew what a sidewinder she was.’ ‘What's a sidewinder?’ Joey asked. ‘It's a rattlesnake, but I meant it as a sort of troublemaker.’ 2004 Boys Toys July 122/2 He went back into the bar..and fired a shot into the ceiling. ‘Which of you sidewinders stole my horse?’ he bellowed. 2. Forestry. A tree which falls as a result of being hit by another falling tree, typically unexpectedly and often with a twisting or turning motion. ΚΠ 1905 Washington Post 26 Mar. iv. 1/6 A tree knocked down by a falling tree generally turns or twists before it breaks off, and is hence called a ‘sidewinder’. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 46 Side winder, a tree knocked down unexpectedly by the falling of another. 1918 Monthly Bull. Loyal Legion Loggers & Lumbermen July 27/2 A riggingslinger..was hit with a side-winder and received a compound fracture of the left leg. 1982 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 956/1 When a tree was about to fall the faller yelled ‘timber’ and probably ‘look out for widow makers’ or ‘Sidewinders’. 3. Baseball. A sidearm pitcher. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > pitcher pitcher1845 relief pitcher1884 southpaw1887 side-wheeler1890 moundsman1906 pretzel bender1908 starter1911 sidewinder1913 low-ball pitcher1915 fastballer1924 route-goer1924 reliever1925 hurler1926 fireballer1928 spitballer1928 screwballer1929 stopper1948 closer1980 middleman1985 1913 Muscatine (Iowa) Jrnl. 9 May 8/4 Boyle has also signed up Zackert, the sidewinder who is no stranger here. 1931 Chicago Defender 11 July 8/4 Luther McDonald, former American and Columbia Giants sidewinder. 1960 Press Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 23 July The Dodgers' fireballing sidewinder blew down 14 Phillies on strikeouts. 2013 D. Johnson Compl. Guide Pitching 106 The deception of the sidewinder is that he is upright and then makes a drastic posture change, delivering the ball from a very odd and low angle. 4. Usually with capital initial. A type of short-range air-to-air missile employing a homing system (typically one that uses infrared technology). Frequently attributive, esp. in Sidewinder missile.For the semantic motivation of this sense see note in etymology.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom. ΚΠ 1952 R. Hofstadter et al. in Final Rep.: Mil. Role Infrared Detection (Brown Univ.) II. iii. 119 The Sidewinder missile is a guided missile adapting an IR seeker head to an existing (HPAG) 5″ rocket... The Sidewinder is characterized by simplicity of mechanical and electronic design. 1987 R.A.F. Yearbk. 36/3 Provision for the carriage and firing of Sidewinder air-to-air missiles in the event of a war situation. 1996 Financial Times 14 Dec. 3 The US decision to buy an evolution of the existing Sidewinder missile suggests that the Pentagon is increasingly opting for low-cost and low-risk upgrades of its existing stocks. 2013 G. K. Piehler Encycl. Mil. Sci. 77/2 The Sidewinder currently in use is the AIM-9X variant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1824n.²1875
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