Slithering

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or action of one who slithers.

    "As I lay waiting I could hear a sort of murmurousness beyond the door. It seemed composed of whimperings, slitherings, and shufflings, punctuated occasionally by a raised voice in the distance."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of slither form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    moving as on a slippery surface wordnet

Synonyms

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amphibiananguinebatrachiancoastingcolubriformcrawling

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"From above the river looks like a serpent slithering through the jungle."

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