Phrase Hound found 29 phrases and 30 compound words that contain slides. The most common are listed below. Open slides in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 29
- slip-and-slidesplural of slip-and-slide: A toy consisting of a long sheet of thin plastic that can be connected to a hose to cover it in water through perforations along its length, producing a slippery surface for sliding on.
- water slidesplural of water slide: A recreational slide with water flowing down it to reduce friction, sometimes involving the participant sitting on a mat or raft and sometimes leading into a pool at the bottom.
- lantern slidesplural of lantern slide: A slide projected by a magic lantern, an early slide projector.
- evacuation slidesplural of evacuation slide: An inflatable slide used to evacuate passengers from an aircraft.
- book-slidesplural of book-slide: A board for holding books, consisting of sliding ends, often ornamented.
- butter-slidesplural of butter-slide: A long patch of butter on a floor that will cause anybody walking on it to slip, traditionally used in slapstick or as a practical joke.
- cover slidesplural of cover slide: A microscope slide used as a cover slip
- dark slidesplural of dark slide: A plate that covers the sensitized emulsion side of a photographic plate.
- death slidesplural of death slide: A slide with a vertical or near-vertical entrance that smoothly levels off, also known as a vertical drop slide.
- knee slidesplural of knee slide: The act of sliding along a surface on one's knees. It is a common goal celebration
- nose slidesplural of nose slide: A boardslide performed on the nose.
- pat slidesplural of pat slide: A special sheet of plastic used to transfer patients in hospital from beds to trolleys and vice versa.
- pick slidesplural of pick slide: An electric guitar playing technique in which the edge of the pick (plectrum) is scraped across two strings down the neck towards the nut, creating a descending scratching sound.
- power slidesplural of power slide: The act of sliding with the wheels being driven.
- slides offthird-person singular simple present indicative of slide off: To leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off.
- summer slidesplural of summer slide: The loss of academic skills and knowledge over the course of summer vacation.
- tail slidesplural of tail slide: A backwards movement of a stalled aircraft at the top of a vertical climb.
- mud slidesplural of mud slide
- sewer slidesplural of sewer slide: Filter-avoidance spelling of suicide.
- microscope slidesplural of microscope slide: A thin, rectangular piece of glass used to hold samples to be studied under a microscope
- slippery slidesplural of slippery slide: a slide
- NOP slidesplural of NOP slide: A series of identical values in memory that instruct the CPU to take no action and proceed to the next instruction, used in shellcode etc. to increase the chances of any random instruction access executing the sequence …
- black widow knee slidesplural of black widow knee slide: An exercise wherein the legs are adducted with knee flexion from a plank position then the hip is extended.
- toboggan slidesplural of toboggan slide: A track prepared with ice or snow, for sledding down a slope or slide.
- slides into the DMsthird-person singular simple present indicative of slide into the DMs: To confidently and coolly send a direct message to someone by means of social media, especially with romantic or sexual intentions.
Compound words 30
- slideshowsplural of slideshow: A presentation of a series of photographic slides, usually with a spoken or recorded explanation.
- landslidesplural of landslide: A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
- mudslidesplural of mudslide: A geological event in which viscous mud flows down an incline.
- waterslidesplural of waterslide: A recreational slide with water flowing down it to reduce friction, sometimes involving the participant sitting on a mat or raft and sometimes leading into a pool at the bottom.
- backslidesthird-person singular simple present indicative of backslide: To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
- beaverslidesplural of beaverslide: A slanted, wooden device used to stack hay.
- bluntslidesplural of bluntslide: A snowboarding trick in which, at the end of a jump, the snowboard lands on its tail.
- boardslidesplural of boardslide: A slide trick where the boarder stands on the center of the board, on the rail between the two axles.
- bogslidesplural of bogslide: A rapid movement of saturated peat in (or from and moving out of) a bog, similar to a landslide or mudslide.
- catslidesplural of catslide: A steep roof that ends near the ground