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Slither vs Smither - What's the difference?

slither | smither |

As a verb slither

is to move about smoothly and from side to side.

As a noun smither is

a fragment or atom.

slither

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To move about smoothly and from side to side.
  • To slide
  • * 2003 , J. Flash, An American Savage
    • I bent down and with both hands I scooped up as much of this pissshit as I could. The green and brown clump felt like Jello as it dripped down all over my clothes. It was slithering through inbetween my fingers.

    Derived terms

    * slitherlink

    Anagrams

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    smither

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) A fragment or atom.
  • * Tennyson
    • Smash the bottle to smithers .
  • * 1920 , Kennett Harris, Meet Mr. Stegg (page 164)
    • That claim of mine, which was yours, has got a seventeen-foot vein and a sandstone roof, and not a smither of slate or bone in it.
  • (UK, dialect, dated) Light, fine rain.
    • (Webster 1913)