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Synonyms of sidewinder
1
as in copperhead, rattlesnake
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for sidewinder
- adder,
- anaconda,
- asp,
- black racer,
- blacksnake,
- blue racer,
- boa,
- bull snake,
- bushmaster,
- chicken snake,
- cobra,
- constrictor,
- copperhead,
- coral snake,
- cottonmouth moccasin,
- diamondback rattlesnake,
- fer-de-lance,
- garter snake,
- gopher snake,
- green snake,
- hognose snake,
- horned viper,
- indigo snake,
- king cobra,
- king snake,
- krait,
- mamba,
- milk snake,
- moccasin,
- pine snake,
- pit viper,
- puff adder,
- python,
- racer,
- rat snake,
- rattlesnake,
- sea serpent,
- sea snake,
- taipan,
- water moccasin,
- water snake,
- worm snake
2
as in uppercut, roundhouse
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for sidewinder
- body blow,
- hand,
- kick,
- knee,
- left,
- one-two,
- rabbit punch,
- right,
- right-hander,
- roundhouse,
- shiver,
- sucker punch,
- swing,
- uppercut
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beat,
- belt,
- biff,
- blow,
- bop,
- box,
- buffet,
- bust,
- chop,
- clap,
- clip,
- clout,
- crack,
- cuff,
- dab,
- douse
- [British],
- fillip,
- hack,
- haymaker,
- hit,
- hook,
- knock,
- larrup
- [dialect],
- lash,
- lick,
- pelt,
- pick,
- plump,
- poke,
- pound,
- punch,
- rap,
- slam,
- slap,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- sock,
- spank,
- stinger,
- stripe,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swipe,
- switch,
- thud,
- thump,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- welt,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop
- (also whap)
- bastinado
- (or bastinade),
- battering,
- beating,
- bludgeoning,
- clobbering,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- drubbing,
- hammering,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- pasting,
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- thrashing
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The first known use of sidewinder was in 1824
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