slider
slider Lexical Profile
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• noun
A graphical user interface element or physical control consisting of a knob or lever that can be moved along a track to adjust a value, such as volume or screen brightness.
"Drag the volume slider to the right if you want to increase the audio level."
American A small sandwich, typically a miniature hamburger served on a small bun.
"We ordered a platter of beef sliders and sweet potato fries for the table to share."
American A type of baseball pitch that is thrown with the initial speed of a fastball but breaks laterally and downward as it approaches the batter.
"The pitcher struck him out with a nasty slider that caught the outside corner of the plate."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb 'slide' combined with the agent noun suffix '-er'. The culinary sense (a miniature hamburger) is believed to have originated in the 1940s as slang for White Castle burgers, referring to how easily they 'slide' down the throat.