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noun
1.
any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
2.
a treacherous person; an insidious enemy. Compare snake in the grass.
3.
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Also called auger, plumber's snake. (in plumbing) a device for dislodging obstructions in curved pipes, having a head fed into the pipe at the end of a flexible metal band.
b.
Also called wirepuller. a length of resilient steel wire, for threading through an electrical conduit so that wire can be pulled through after it.
verb (used without object)
4.
to move, twist, or wind: The road snakes among the mountains.
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Snakes
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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verb (used with object)
5.
to wind or make (one's course, way, etc.) in the manner of a snake: to snake one's way through a crowd.
6.
to drag or haul, especially by a chain or rope, as a log.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English snaca; cognate with Middle Low German snake, Old Norse snākr
before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English snaca; cognate with Middle Low German snake, Old Norse snākr
Related forms
snake·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
snake
1653, "to twist or wind (something) into the form of a snake," from snake (n.). The intrans. sense of "to move like a snake" is attested from 1848; that of "to wind or twist like a snake" (of roads, etc.) is from 1875.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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