Slide or Slides may refer to:

Places

Slide, California Fortuna (Spanish for "Fortune"; Wiyot: ''Vutsuwitk Da'l'') is a city on the northeast shore of the Eel River, approximately from where it enters the Pacific Ocean, and is on U.S. Route 101 in west-central Humboldt County, California, United St ...

, former name of Fortuna, California

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Albums

* ''Slide'' (Lisa Germano album), 1998 * ''Slide'' (George Clanton album), 2018 *''Slide'', by

Patrick Gleeson Patrick Gleeson (born November 9, 1934) is an American musician, synthesizer pioneer, composer, and producer. Career Gleeson moved to San Francisco in the 1960s to teach in the English Department at San Francisco State. Gleeson began experimentin ...

, 2007 * ''Slide'' (Luna EP), 1993 * ''Slide'' (Madeline Merlo EP), 2022

Songs

* "Slide" (The Big Dish song), 1986 * "Slide" (Goo Goo Dolls song), 1998 * "Slide" (Calvin Harris song), 2017 * "Slide" (French Montana song), 2019 * "Slide" (H.E.R. song), 2019 * "Slide" (Slave song), 1977 * "Step Back"/"Slide", by Superheist, 2001 *"Slide", by Dido from ''

No Angel ''No Angel'' is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Dido. Originally released on 1 June 1999 in the United States, the album found a mass audience when it was released worldwide in February 2001. By 2003, the album had sold mor ...

'' *"Slide", by Madeline Merlo from ''

Slide Slide or Slides may refer to: Places * Slide, California, former name of Fortuna, California Arts, entertainment, and media Music Albums * ''Slide'' (Lisa Germano album), 1998 * ''Slide'' (George Clanton album), 2018 *''Slide'', by Patrick Glees ...

'', 2022 *"The Slide", by Cowboy Junkies from ''

One Soul Now ''One Soul Now'' is a 2004 album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies. It is their first album of new material since ''Open'' in 2001. It was released on Latent Recordings in Canada, and Zoë Records internationally. Album developmen ...

Other uses in music

Slide (musical ornament) The slide (Schleifer in German, Coulé in French, Superjectio in Latin)Donington, p. 217. is a musical ornament often found in baroque musical works, but used during many different periods. It instructs the performer to begin two or three scale ...

, a musical embellishment found particularly in Baroque music *

Slide (tune type) In Irish traditional music, a slide () is a tune type in akin to, and often confused with, a single jig. Slides are played mostly in the Sliabh Luachra region of Ireland, but originate from quadrilles. Though slides contain the same number of be ...

, a tune type in Irish traditional music, common to the Sliabh Luachra area *Slide, a 1970s disco side project of

Rod McKuen Rodney Marvin McKuen (; April 29, 1933 – January 29, 2015) was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and actor. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide range ...

's *''The Slide'', a jukebox musical using songs by

The Beautiful South The Beautiful South were an English pop rock group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Hull group The Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals. Other members throughout the band's exi ...

Bent note Bent may refer to: Places * Bent, Iran, a city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran * Bent District, an administrative subdivision of Iran * Bent, Netherlands, a village in the municipality of Rijnwoude, the Netherlands * Bent County, Colo ...

, or slide, articulation *

Glissando In music, a glissando (; plural: ''glissandi'', abbreviated ''gliss.'') is a glide from one pitch to another (). It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French ''glisser'', "to glide". In some contexts, it is distinguished from the co ...

, or slide, articulation *

Legato In music performance and notation, legato (; Italian for "tied together"; French ''lié''; German ''gebunden'') indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected. That is, the player makes a transition from note to note wit ...

, or slide, articulation

Musical instruments

Slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...

, a guitar playing technique *

Slide (wind instrument) A slide is a part of a wind instrument consisting of two (or more) pieces of tubing fitted one closely inside the other, and used to vary the overall length of the tube, and therefore the pitch of the instrument. Often two sets of tubes are used, ...

, part of an instrument used to vary the length of a tube **

Slide whistle A slide whistle (variously known as a swanee or swannee whistle, lotos flute piston flute, or jazz flute) is a wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it. Thus it has an air reed like some woodwinds ...

, a musical instrument using a slide **

Trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

, a musical instrument using a slide ***

Sackbut The term sackbut refers to the early forms of the trombone commonly used during the Renaissance music, Renaissance and Baroque music, Baroque eras. A sackbut has the characteristic telescopic slide of a trombone, used to vary the length of th ...

, the Renaissance and early Baroque forerunner of the trombone

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Slide (dance) The jig ( ga, port, gd, port-cruinn) is a form of lively folk dance in compound metre, as well as the accompanying dance tune. It is most associated with Irish music and dance. It first gained popularity in 16th-century Ireland and parts o ...

, a dance move giving the impression of gliding around effortlessly * ''Slide'' (TV series), an Australian television drama *''

The Slide ''The Slide'' is a sci-fi radio serial in seven parts by Victor Pemberton. The story begins with an earthquake in Southern England, and then the local wildlife starts to disappear. It starred Roger Delgado as Professor Josef Gomez, Maurice Denh ...

'', a 1966 British science fiction radio serial

Fashion

Slide (footwear) Slides or sliders are a type of light footwear that are characterized by having a loose heel that holds on to the foot from the front. Like flip-flops, they are typically employed in casual situations, in addition to being a unisex footgear worn b ...

, a kind of shoe *Slide, also known as a neckerchief slide or

woggle A woggle (or ''neckerchief slide'') is a device to fasten the neckerchief, or scarf, worn as part of the Scout or Girl Guides uniform, originated by a Scout in the 1920s. Name origin One story relating to the origin of the word 'woggle' is ...

, is a ring to hold a neckerchief on a Scout's neck *

Barrette A barrette (American English), also known as a hair slide (British English), or a hair clip, is a clasp for holding hair in place. They are often made from metal or plastic and sometimes feature decorative fabric. In one type of barrette, a cla ...

, also known as a hair slide in North America

Recreation and sports

Slide (baseball) In baseball, a slide is the action of a player, acting as a baserunner, who drops his body to the ground once he is very close to the base he is approaching and slides along the ground to reach the base. Sliding is widely considered to be an es ...

, dropping to the ground when going into a base to avoid being tagged *

Slide (skateboarding) A slide is a skateboarding trick where the skateboarder slides sideways either on the deck or the trucks. Terms of direction ;Frontside :A slide with the skateboarder's frontside facing the obstacle he or she is sliding on, or the skateboard ...

, skateboarding tricks *

Playground slide Playground slides are found in parks, schools, playgrounds and backyards. The slide is an example of the simple machine known as the inclined plane, which makes moving objects up and down easier, or in this case more fun. The slide may be flat, o ...

, a smooth, sloped downward surface on which children slide while sitting *

Sliding tackle A sliding tackle, also called slide tackle, is a tackle in association football. It is completed with one leg extended to push the ball away from the opposing player. Sliding tackles can often be sources of controversy, particularly when players ...

, a skill in soccer *

Water slide A water slide (also referred to as a flume, or water chute) is a type of slide designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use at water parks. Water slides differ in their riding method and therefore size. Some slides require riders to si ...

, a form of amusement in which people slide down a wet surface into a swimming pool * Losing slide, an uninterrupted string of contests lost

Technology

Slide (form) The form factor of a mobile phone is its size, shape, and style, as well as the layout and position of its major components. With one non-movable section Bar A bar (also known as a slab, block, candybar) phone takes the shape of a cuboid, usuall ...

, a slide-out mobile phone form factor *

Slide (hoverboard) The Slide (stylized SLIDE) is a maglev hoverboard demonstration developed by Lexus. Lexus built a skate park in Barcelona, Spain specifically for the project. The system was built as a promotional demonstration, not for public sale. Conception ...

, a hoverboard developed by Lexus *

Tri-glide slide {{refimprove, date=May 2019 A tri-glide slide, also called a webbing slide, is a small item of hardware made of plastic or metal (usually electroplated) forming a rectangle with a bar in the middle—there are thus two separate openings. They are u ...

, an item that allows straps to be pulled through it to adjust their length *

Evacuation slide An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft quickly. An escape slide is required on all commercial (passenger carrying) aircraft where the door sill height is such that, in the event of an evacuation, passengers wou ...

, an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft *

Google Slides Google Slides is a presentation program included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google. The service also includes: Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drawings, Google Forms, Google Sites and Google Keep. Goog ...

, a web-based presentation program offered by Google *

Jakarta Slide Jakarta Slide is an open-source content management system from the Jakarta project. It is written in Java and implements the WebDAV protocol. Slide is a set of APIs to implement the WebDAV client. Thanks to that, Slide can also be seen as a Conten ...

, defunct content management system software *

Linear-motion bearing A linear-motion bearing or linear slide is a bearing designed to provide free motion in one direction. There are many different types of linear motion bearings. Motorized linear slides such as machine slides, X-Y tables, roller tables and some ...

, a bearing designed to provide free motion in one dimension *

Microscope slide A microscope slide is a thin flat piece of glass, typically 75 by 26 mm (3 by 1 inches) and about 1 mm thick, used to hold objects for examination under a microscope. Typically the object is mounted (secured) on the slide, and then b ...

, a thin glass sheet used to hold objects for examination *

Photographic slide In photography, reversal film or slide film is a type of photographic film that produces a positive image on a transparent base. Instead of negatives and prints, reversal film is processed to produce transparencies or diapositives (abbreviate ...

or transparency, a positive photograph used for projection *

Pistol slide The slide on the majority of fully/semi-automatic pistols is the upper part that reciprocates ("slides") with recoil during the gun's operating cycle. It serves as the bolt carrier group (BCG) and partly as the receiver, and generally houses t ...

, the upper half of a semi-automatic pistol, containing the barrel, sights, and ejection port *Slide edit, a

video editing Video editing is the manipulation and arrangement of video shots. Video editing is used to structure and present all video information, including films and television shows, video advertisements and video essays. Video editing has been dramaticall ...

term for moving a video clip around in a timeline *

Slide rule The slide rule is a mechanical analog computer which is used primarily for multiplication and division, and for functions such as exponents, roots, logarithms, and trigonometry. It is not typically designed for addition or subtraction, which is ...

, a simple analog calculator

Other uses

Slide (motion) Sliding is a type of frictional motion between two surfaces in contact. This can be contrasted to rolling motion. Both types of motion may occur in bearings. The relative motion or tendency toward such motion between two surfaces is resisted by ...

Landslide Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated grade (slope), slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of ...

, the movement of soil, mud or rock down a slope **

Slide (geography) The term slide as used in physical geography refers to the fixed or settled residue of a landslide that has stabilized, sometimes in the form of an alluvial fan An alluvial fan is an accumulation of sediments that fans outwards from a concentr ...

, fixed or settled residue of a landslide that has stabilized *

Presentation slide A slide is a single page of a presentation. Collectively, a group of slides may be known as a slide deck. A slide show is an exposition of a series of slides or images in an electronic device or in a projection screen. Before the advent of the per ...

, a document format used for presentations