Snaking

//ˈsneɪkɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A twisting, serpentine layout or motion.

    "Except that the latter's spinal column must have suffered some pretty severe snakings when the camera-carrier went through corduroy bridges […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of snake form-of, gerund, participle, present

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crawlcrawlingcreepcreepingnightwalkingpadding

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"Except that the latter's spinal column must have suffered some pretty severe snakings when the camera-carrier went through corduroy bridges […]"

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