Sidewinder

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
• Bell Sidewinder, a clone of the Phantom X1 aircraft

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 supervillain in comic books published by Marvel Comics
• Code name for Budd (Kill Bill), a character in the Kill Bill films (2003, 04)
• Sidewinder, one of the Thunderbirds machines.

In music:

• Sidewinder, mod music musician
• 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
• The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, a song by R.E.M.

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
• Sidewinder (video game), a NES game from Sachen also called Mission Cobra
• 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