sidewinder

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.

A powerful swinging punch delivered from the side.

In lumbering, a tree knocked down unexpectedly by the falling of another.

The small horned rattler or rattlesnake of the southwestern parts of the United States, Crotalus (Æchmophrys) cerastes.

A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary.

See Horned rattler, under horned.

A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.

A person who is untrustworthy and dangerous.

A heavy swinging blow from the side which disables an adversary.

small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve