Snake Definition
snāk
snaked, snakes, snaking
noun
snakes
Any of a limbless suborder (Serpentes, order Squamata) of reptiles with an elongated, scaly body, lidless eyes, and a tapering tail: some species have a poisonous bite.
Webster's New World
A treacherous or deceitful person.
Webster's New World
A plumber's tool consisting of a long, sturdy, very flexible wire or cable, used to remove obstructions from pipes, etc.
Webster's New World
A tool to aid cable pulling.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- ophidian
- serpent
- snake-in-the-grass
- snake river
- hydra
- fer-de-lance
- urutu
- mamba
- bushmaster
- groveling
- reptilian
- reptile. serpent
- reptile
- vermin
verb
snaked, snakes, snaking
To clear obstructions from (a pipe, drain, etc.) by means of a snake.
Webster's New World
To drag or pull, esp. lengthwise and with force.
Webster's New World
To pull quickly.
Webster's New World
To move, curve, twist, or turn like a snake.
Webster's New World
To move in a sinuous or gliding manner.
Tried to snake the rope along the ledge.
American Heritage
pronoun
(video games) An early computer game, later popular on mobile phones, in which the player attempts to manoeuvre a perpetually growing snake so as to collect food items and avoid colliding with walls or the snake's tail.
Wiktionary
Origin of Snake
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From Middle English snāke, from Old English snaca (“snake, serpent, reptile"), from Proto-Germanic *snakô (compare dialectal German Schnake (“adder"), dialectal Low German Snaak (“snake"), Swedish snok (“grass snake")), from *snakanan 'to crawl' (compare Old High German snahhan), from Proto-Indo-European *snag-, *sneg- 'to crawl; a creeping thing' (compare Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “snake")).
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English snaca
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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