/ sneɪk; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
a reptile with a very long thin body and no legs. There are many types of snake, some of which are poisonous :
a snake coiled up in the grass
Venomous snakes spit and hiss when they are cornered.
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IDIOMS
- a snake (in the grass)
■ verb
[+ adv. / prep. ] to move like a snake, in long twisting curves; to go in a particular direction in long twisting curves
SYN meander :
[ v ]
The road snaked away into the distance.
[ vn ]
The procession snaked its way through narrow streets.
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English snaca , of Germanic origin.