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name
Formally the AIM-9 Sidewinder, first used by the US in 1956, one of the oldest, cheapest, and most successful short-range air-to-air missiles, still in use by many countries in the 2020s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person who is untrustworthy and dangerous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
A heavy swinging blow from the side which disables an adversary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
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noun
A pitcher who throws sidearm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A type of middle-distance deep-sea trawler widely used during the 1960s and 1970s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
A rollercoaster element where riders enter a half-loop followed by a half-corkscrew, and exit perpendicular to the direction of entry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Synonym of sidewind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: horned rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes
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Broader terms: rattlesnake, rattler
noun
air-to-air missile with infrared homing device
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: missile
History
From side + winder (“one who winds or wends, traveller”), from the sideways, looping manner in which they move.
Across languages
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