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plural of sidewinder
Synonyms of sidewinders
1
as in copperheads, rattlesnakes
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for sidewinders
- adders,
- anacondas,
- asps,
- black racers,
- blacksnakes,
- blue racers,
- boas,
- bull snakes,
- bushmasters,
- chicken snakes,
- cobras,
- constrictors,
- copperheads,
- coral snakes,
- cottonmouth moccasins,
- diamondback rattlesnakes,
- fer-de-lance,
- garter snakes,
- gopher snakes,
- green snakes,
- hognose snakes,
- horned vipers,
- indigo snakes,
- king cobras,
- king snakes,
- kraits,
- mambas,
- milk snakes,
- moccasins,
- pine snakes,
- pit vipers,
- puff adders,
- pythons,
- racers,
- rat snakes,
- rattlesnakes,
- sea serpents,
- sea snakes,
- taipans,
- water moccasins,
- water snakes,
- worm snakes
2
as in uppercuts, roundhouses
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for sidewinders
- body blows,
- hands,
- kicks,
- knees,
- lefts,
- one-twos,
- rabbit punches,
- right-handers,
- rights,
- roundhouses,
- shivers,
- sucker punches,
- swings,
- uppercuts
- bangs,
- bashes,
- bats,
- beats,
- belts,
- biffs,
- blows,
- bops,
- boxes,
- buffets,
- busts,
- chops,
- claps,
- clips,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- cuffs,
- dabs,
- douses
- [British],
- fillips,
- hacks,
- haymakers,
- hits,
- hooks,
- knocks,
- larrups
- [dialect],
- lashes,
- licks,
- pelts,
- picks,
- plumps,
- pokes,
- pounds,
- punches,
- raps,
- slams,
- slaps,
- slugs,
- smacks,
- smashes,
- socks,
- spanks,
- stingers,
- stripes,
- strokes,
- swats,
- swipes,
- switches,
- thuds,
- thumps,
- thwacks,
- wallops,
- welts,
- whacks,
- whams,
- whops
- (also whaps)
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