snake (verb)
11snake — 1 noun (C) 1 an animal with a long thin body and no legs, that often has a poisonous bite 2 an insulting word meaning someone who cannot be trusted 3 snake in the grass informal someone who pretends to be your friend but does something to harm… …
12snake-dance — intransitive verb Date: 1922 to engage in a snake dance …
13snake — 1. noun /sneɪk/ a) A legless reptile of the sub order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork shaped tongue. b) A treacherous person. Syn: joe blake, serpent, auger, plumbers snake, wirepuller …
14snake — [[t]sne͟ɪk[/t]] snakes, snaking, snaked 1) N COUNT A snake is a long, thin reptile without legs. 2) VERB Something that snakes in a particular direction goes in that direction in a line with a lot of bends. [LITERARY] [V prep/adv] The road snaked …
15snake — [sneɪk] noun [C] I a long thin animal with no legs and a smooth skin II verb [I] snake [sneɪk] to move in a series of long curves The path snakes through the trees and up the hill.[/ex] …
16go snake — verb To approach, attack or accost a person, situation or environment in an extremely violent and unrestrained manner, often with no thought about consequences. Syn: go on a rampage, freak out, lose it …
17Rat snake — Rat Rat (r[a^]t), n. [AS. r[ae]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. r[*a]tta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf. {Raccoon}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of several species of… …
18snae´like´ — snake «snayk», noun, verb, snaked, snak|ing. –n. 1. a long, slender, crawling reptile without limbs and with a scaly skin and narrow, forked tongue. Some snakes are poisonous. These have poison glands connected with a pair of fangs which inject… …
19slither — verb ADVERB ▪ silently ▪ A snake was slithering silently along the floor. ▪ slowly ▪ away, off ▪ The snake slithered away …
20slither — verb Etymology: Middle English slideren, from Old English slidrian, frequentative of slīdan to slide Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface 2. to slip or slide like a snake transitive verb… …
