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snakelike

snake
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sneyk]
    • /sneɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sneyk]
    • /sneɪk/

Definitions of snakelike word

  • noun snakelike any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas. 1
  • noun snakelike a treacherous person; an insidious enemy. Compare snake in the grass. 1
  • noun snakelike Building Trades. 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. Also called wirepuller. a length of resilient steel wire, for threading through an electrical conduit so that wire can be pulled through after it. 1
  • verb without object snakelike to move, twist, or wind: The road snakes among the mountains. 1
  • verb with object snakelike to wind or make (one's course, way, etc.) in the manner of a snake: to snake one's way through a crowd. 1
  • verb with object snakelike to drag or haul, especially by a chain or rope, as a log. 1
See all 6 definitions of snakelike

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Origin of snakelike

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English snaca; cognate with Middle Low German snake, Old Norse snākr

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Parts of speech for Snakelike

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Snakelike

snakelike popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for snakelike

adj snakelike

  • mazy — full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.

adjective snakelike

  • coiling — to wind into continuous, regularly spaced rings one above the other: to coil a wire around a pencil.
All 2 Synonyms of snakelike

Related words

  • colubrine

    of or resembling a snake

  • glass lizard

    any limbless, snakelike lizard of the genus Ophisaurus, inhabiting the eastern U.S., Europe, and Asia, having external ear openings and the ability to regenerate its long, fragile tail.

  • ophidiid

    any fish of the family Ophidiidae, comprising the cusk-eels.

  • sea serpent

    an enormous, imaginary, snakelike or dragonlike marine animal.
All related words to snakelike

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