snake

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As a noun, snake means a legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue. As a verb, it means follow or move in a winding route.

Meanings of snake

22 meanings

noun

A legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.
A treacherous person; a rat.
IrelandUKSomebody who acts deceitfully for social gain.
A tool for unclogging plumbing.
A tool to aid cable pulling.
AustraliaA flavoured jube (confectionary) in the shape of a snake.
slangTrouser snake; the penis.
mathsA series of Bézier curves.
cartomancyThe seventh Lenormand card.
mlemteAn informer; a rat.
“Gem’s a snake for Kamale, man.”
Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomousanimal
Similar: serpent, ophidian
Something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
A long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
Similar: plumber's snake, auger

Older and rare meanings (1)

financehistoricalShort for snake in the tunnel.

verb

To follow or move in a winding route.
“The path snaked through the forest.”
“The river snakes through the valley.”
AustraliaslangTo steal slyly.
“He snaked my DVD!”
To clean using a plumbing snake.
USinformalTo drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out.
nauticalTo 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.
mleTo inform; to rat.
“He says he didn't snake and I believe him.”
Move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
Form a snake-like pattern
“The river snakes through the valley”