from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A small rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) of the southwest United States and Mexico that moves by a distinctive lateral looping motion of its body and has a hornlike scaly projection above each eye.
noun A powerful swinging punch delivered from the side.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun The small horned rattler or rattlesnake of the southwestern parts of the United States, Crotalus (Æchmophrys) cerastes.
noun A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary.
noun In lumbering, a tree knocked down unexpectedly by the falling of another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun (Zoöl.) See Horned rattler, under horned.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.
noun slang A person who is untrustworthy and dangerous.
noun slang, dated A heavy swinging blow from the side which disables an adversary.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve
noun air-to-air missile with infrared homing device
Etymologies
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side + winder. From the sideways, looping manner in which they move.
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