snake Noun
( en noun)
A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.
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A treacherous person.
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A tool for unclogging plumbing.
A tool to aid cable pulling.
(slang) A trouser snake; the penis.
Synonyms
* (reptile) joe blake, serpent
* (plumbing tool) auger, plumber's snake
* (tool for cable pulling) wirepuller
Derived terms
* snakebite
* snake in the grass
* snake oil
Verb
( snak)
To follow or move in a winding route.
- The path snaked through the forest.
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- The river snakes through the valley.
(transitive, Australia, slang) To steal slyly.
- He snaked my DVD!
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To clean using a plumbing snake.
(US, informal) To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out .
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(nautical) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.
Synonyms
* (move in a winding path) slither, wind
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slithers English
Verb
(head)
(slither)
slither English
Verb
( en verb)
To move about smoothly and from side to side.
To slide
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- 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
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