[verb] [I usually + adverb or preposition] - to move (the body) smoothly while twisting or curvingShe watched the lizard as it slithered over the rock.She watched the passers-by outside as they slipped and slithered on the ice.It is the slithering motion of the snake that frightens me.
SLITHER
Meaning of SLITHER in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012