I was just watching an episode of "The Rifleman." A couple of the characters were bad guys, I thought to myself, "Them guys is sidewinders." Then I got to thinking, just what is a "sidewinder?" So, I Googled it.
Sidewinder may refer to:
Crotalus cerastes, a venomous pit-viper species found in the southwestern United States.
In military and aviation
AIM-9 Sidewinder, a heat-seeking, short-range, air-to-air missile
Smyth Sidewinder, a two seat experimental aircraft developed in 1969.
In espionage:
Sidewinder report, a mid-1990s investigation by Royal Canadian Mounted Police and CSIS into Chinese state & underworld activities in Canada (stalled 1997).
In fiction:
Sidewinder (comics), a fictional supervillan in comic books published by Marvel Comics
Code name for Budd (Kill Bill), a character in the Kill Bill films (2003, 04)
In music:
Sidewinder (band), an Australian band
Sidewinders, a barbershop quartet
The Sidewinders, an Arizona rock band
Sidewinder, an EP by the Industrial music band Download
The Sidewinder, an album by Lee Morgan
"Sidewinder", a song by the divine Lard (band)
"Sidewinder", a song by Ass Ponys
"Sidewinder", a song by Avenged Sevenfold
"Sidewinder", a song by The Cynic Project
Sidewinder, a pseudonym of Ferry Corsten
"Sidewinder", an electronic music composition and album by Morton Subotnick
In IT & gaming:
Sidewinder, a firewall produced by Secure Computing
Sidewinder (Mastertronic video game), a video game for the Amiga
Sidewinder (video game), a video game for the Nintendo Wii
Microsoft SideWinder, a family of digital game controllers
"Sidewinder", a map in the popular Xbox game Halo: Combat Evolved
"Sidewinder", a Weapon Skill Ability in the MMORPG Final Fantasy XI
In sports:
A baseball pitcher who uses a sidearm or submarine-style delivery
A freestyle skateboarding trick
The Tucson Sidewinders, a AAA baseball team named after the snake
In Locomotion:
Sidewinder (slot car), a type of slot car or model car with a transverse motor
Dodge Sidewinder, a concept car
Roller coasters:
Sidewinder (Six Flags Elitch Gardens)
Sidewinder (Hersheypark)
Sidewinder at Sandcastle Waterworld in Blackpool, England
Other Uses:
A style of socks
And, I thought it was just "bad guys" from the old West.
