sidewinder rattlesnake

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• sidewinder — n. a sneaky and despicable man. (Western jargon. From the name of the sidewinder rattlesnake.) □ You dirty, lowdown sidewinder! That’s too much! □ What sidewinder spilled my drink? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• Sidewinder — may refer to: * Crotalus cerastes , a venomous rattlesnake species.In music: *Sidewinder (band), an Australian band *Sidewinders, a barbershop quartet *The Sidewinders, an Arizona rock band * The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite , a single by American… …   Wikipedia

• sidewinder — species of rattlesnake, 1875, Amer.Eng., from SIDE (Cf. side) + agent noun of WIND (Cf. wind) (v.), so called in ref. to its peculiar lateral progressive motion …   Etymology dictionary

• sidewinder — [sīd′wīn΄dər] n. ☆ 1. a small desert rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) of the SW U.S. that moves over shifting sand by looping its body sideways 2. Informal a hard, swinging blow of the fist, delivered from the side ☆ 3. [S ] an air to air missile… …   English World dictionary

• rattlesnake — /rat l snayk /, n. any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail. [1620 30, Amer.; RATTLE1 + SNAKE] * * * Any of about 30… …   Universalium

• sidewinder — /suyd wuyn deuhr/, n. 1. a severe swinging blow from the side. 2. a rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, of southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, that has a hornlike projection over each eye and that moves in loose sand by raising loops on the body… …   Universalium

• sidewinder — side·wind·er sīd .wīnd ər n a small pale colored rattlesnake of the genus Crotalus (C. cerastes) of the southwestern U.S. that moves by thrusting its body diagonally forward in a series of S shaped curves called also horned rattlesnake * * *… …   Medical dictionary

• sidewinder — Horned Horned, a. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn. [1913 Webster] The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip. Coleridge. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sidewinder — noun Date: 1840 1. a heavy swinging blow from the side 2. a small pale colored desert rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) of the southwestern United States that moves by thrusting its body diagonally forward in a series of flat S shaped curves …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sidewinder — noun a) A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts. b) A person who is untrustworthy …   Wiktionary

• rattlesnake — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rattler, diamondback, sidewinder, prairie rattler, timber rattler, copperhead, water moccasin, belltail, pit viper; see also snake …   English dictionary for students