Snake

  • 31snake — noun 1》 a predatory reptile with a long slender limbless supple body, many kinds of which have a venomous bite. [Suborder Ophidia: many species.] 2》 (also snake in the grass) a treacherous or deceitful person. 3》 (in full plumber s snake) a long… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 32snake — 1 noun (C) 1 an animal with a long thin body and no legs, that often has a poisonous bite 2 an insulting word meaning someone who cannot be trusted 3 snake in the grass informal someone who pretends to be your friend but does something to harm… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33snake — n 1. serpent, viper, pit viper, ophidian, sea snake, Archaic. dragon, cockatrice. 2. snake in the grass, traitor, quisling, turncoat, renegade, Benedict Arnold; double dealer, Inf. double crosser, betrayer, Judas; fifth columnist, informer,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 34snake — [[t]sneɪk[/t]] n. v. snaked, snak•ing 1) ram any limbless, scaly, elongate reptile of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species 2) a treacherous person; an insidious enemy 3) bui (in plumbing) a device for dislodging… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 35Snake — noun An early computer game, later popular on mobile phones, in which the player attempts to manoeuvre a perpetually growing snake so as to collect food items and avoid colliding with walls or the snakes tail …

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  • 36snake — 1. noun /sneɪk/ a) A legless reptile of the sub order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork shaped tongue. b) A treacherous person. Syn: joe blake, serpent, auger, plumbers snake, wirepuller …

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  • 37snake — An elongated, limbless, scaly reptile of the suborder Ophidia. * * * snake snāk n any of numerous limbless scaled reptiles (suborder Serpentes syn. Ophidia) with a long tapering body and with salivary glands often modified to produce venom which… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 38Snake — 1. penis (originally US slang; from Yiddish shlang = penis, literally snake ); 2. (surfing) paddle inside someone who has priority …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 39snake — Australian Slang 1. penis (originally US slang; from Yiddish shlang = penis, literally snake ); 2. (surfing) paddle inside someone who has priority …

    English dialects glossary

  • 40snake — [OE] The snake, like the serpent (and indeed the snail) is etymologically the ‘crawling’ animal. Along with Swedish snok and Danish snog, it comes from a prehistoric Germanic base denoting ‘crawl’, which also produced English snail and German… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins