to alter the meaning of a question bysliding in a word
Schoolchildren sometimesslide each other notes during class.
1992 October,Steve Buckley, “Boss Hog: Jim Lachey is the best offensive lineman in football playing on the best team in football”, inSport, volume83, number10,→ISSN,page64:
Lachey and Olson have become rather chummy the last couple of years—theyslide each other free tickets, they visit each other at practice sessions and games, their wives hang out—and, well, Olson has been filling Lachey’s head with a lot of baseball talk.
(transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
1913, Alice B. Emerson,Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp, Or, Lost in the Backwoods[1]:
Tom and his mates discussed some plan for a few minutes and then Tom sang out: "Who'll gosliding? There's a big bob-sled in the barn and we fixed it up yesterday morning.[…]"
1919, Grace Brooks Hill,The Corner House Girls Snowbound[2]:
"They're awful mean not to have taken usslidin' with them," declared Sammy, sitting on the front step and making no effort to continue the work of snow man building. "I love toslide," repeated Dot, sadly.
2021, Virdez Evans,Actions with Consequences, iUniverse,→ISBN:
"Baby what are you doing why are you putting your clothes back on?" "Somebody robbd my nigga I gotta go!" I tell her. With a saddened face, she says, "What do you mean you gotta go, is he okay?" "I don't know I just know I gottaslide, he's pulling up out here any min."
(soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
2021 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Hungary 0-4 England”, inBBC[3]:
England captainHarry Kane missed a great chance to give them the lead shortly after the break but it did not prove costly asRaheem Sterling crowned a smooth move involvingDeclan Rice,Jack Grealish andMason Mount toslide home his 16th goal in his past 24 international appearance after 55 minutes.
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A slide (item of play equipment)Photographic slide frames for mounting 35 mm film for use in a slide projectorThree pairs of slides (open-toe backless sandals)
A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
1836 March –1837 October,Charles Dickens, “How the Pickwickians Made and Cultivated the Acquaintance of a Couple of Nice Young Men Belonging to One of the Liberal Professions; How They Disported Themselves on the Ice; and How Their Visit Came to a Conclusion”, inThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London:Chapman and Hall,[…], published1837,→OCLC,page312:
skimming over the ice[…]It was a good longslide, and there was something in the motion which Mr. Pickwick, who was very cold with standing still, could not help envying.
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
Amechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against aguide.
On many semiautomatic pistols, the barrel is beneath theslide.
The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
Certainly Kings, that haue Able men of theirNobility, ſhall finde eaſe in imploying them; And a betterSlide into their Buſineſſe: For People naturally bend to them, as borne in ſome ſort to Command.
2006, Matt Wray,Not Quite White, page170:
Conceptually, this cognitiveslide from social to biological was facilitated by the rhetoric of eugenics, which acknowledged few distinctions between the two.
2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, inBBC[4]:
But for West Brom it was further evidence they are struggling to arrest aslide down the table where they are now three points above the relegation zone after their sixth loss in seven league matches.
I still need to prepare someslides for my presentation tomorrow.
(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through amicroscope Generally referred to as amicroscope slide.
(baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
(music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice ofslide guitar.
(traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from CountyKerry, in 12/8 time.
(geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
(music) Agrace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
(phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
The previous year, on November 30, 2023, Mr Brereton was pictured wearing what is known as "pollies" or polyester 'general duty dress', in which he is seen putting new rankslides on an officer's shoulder.
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