SIDEWINDER


Meaning of SIDEWINDER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsīd-ˌwīn-dər ]

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

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.