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snake

/ˈsneɪk/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.
  2. A treacherous person.
  3. Somebody who acts deceitfully for social gain.
  4. A tool for unclogging plumbing.
  5. A tool to aid cable pulling.
  6. A flavoured jube (confectionary) in the shape of a snake.
  7. To follow or move in a winding route.
  8. To steal slyly.
  9. To clean using a plumbing snake.
  10. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out.
  11. To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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