sliding (verb)
51Stiction — is an informal portmanteau of the term static friction ( μ s), perhaps also influenced by the verb stick .Two solid objects pressing against each other (but not sliding) will require some threshold of force parallel to the surface of contact in… …
52Table shuffleboard — (also known as American shuffleboard or indoor shuffleboard or Shufflepuck) is a game in which players push metal and plastic weighted pucks (also called weights ) down a long and smooth wooden table into a scoring area at the opposite end of the …
53cam — 1. noun [kæm/ a) A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. b) A camming device, aspring loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice. 2 …
54portcullis — [14] A portcullis is etymologically a ‘sliding door’. The word comes from Old French porte coleïce, a term made up of porte ‘door’ (source of English port, as in porthole) and coleïce ‘sliding’. This was a derivative of the verb couler ‘slide’,… …
55guillotine — ► NOUN 1) a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people. 2) a device with a descending or sliding blade used for cutting paper or sheet metal. 3) Brit. (in parliament) a procedure used to limit discussion… …
56slide — ► VERB (past and past part. slid) 1) move along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it. 2) move smoothly, quickly, or unobtrusively. 3) change gradually to a worse condition or lower level. ► NOUN 1) a structure with a… …
57portcullis — [14] A portcullis is etymologically a ‘sliding door’. The word comes from Old French porte coleïce, a term made up of porte ‘door’ (source of English port, as in porthole) and coleïce ‘sliding’. This was a derivative of the verb couler ‘slide’,… …
58zip´per|less — zip|per «ZIHP uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a sliding fastener for clothing, shoes, boots, bags, containers, and covers, consisting of two flexible parts interlocked or separated by an attached sliding device which is pulled along between them; slide… …
59zip|per — «ZIHP uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a sliding fastener for clothing, shoes, boots, bags, containers, and covers, consisting of two flexible parts interlocked or separated by an attached sliding device which is pulled along between them; slide fastener …
60fiddle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English fidel, from Old English *fithele, probably from Medieval Latin vitula Date: 13th century 1. violin 2. a device (as a slat, rack, or light railing) to keep objects from sliding off a table aboard ship 3.… …
