sidewinder

side·wind·er

noun \ˈsīd-ˌwīn-dər\

Definition of SIDEWINDER

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

Illustration of SIDEWINDER

First Known Use of SIDEWINDER

1840

Rhymes with SIDEWINDER

bookbinder, fact finder, faultfinder, highbinder, netminder, pathfinder, range finder, reminder, ring binder, spellbinder, stem-winder, viewfinder, organ-grinder