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sidewinder definition

side·winder (sīd′wīn′dər)

noun

  1. ☆ a small desert rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) of the SW U.S. that moves over shifting sand by looping its body sideways
  2. Informal a hard, swinging blow of the fist, delivered from the side
  3. ☆ an air-to-air missile that homes in on a target by a heat-seeking device

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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