slither (redirected from slithers)

slith·er  (slr)

v. slith·ered, slith·er·ing, slith·ers

v.intr.

1. To glide or slide like a reptile. See Synonyms at slide.

2. To walk with a sliding or shuffling gait.

3. To slip and slide, as on a loose or uneven surface.

v.tr.

To cause to slither.

n.

A slithering movement or gait.

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[Middle English slethren, variant of sliddren, from Old English slidrian, frequentative of sldan, to slide.]

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slither·y adj.

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slither

Verb

1. to move or slide unsteadily, such as on a slippery surface

2. to move along the ground in a twisting way: a snake slithered towards the tree

Noun

a slithering movement [Old English slid(e)rian]

slithery adj

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

slither - to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" slide go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

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slither

verb slide, slip, glide, snake, undulate, slink, skitter

Translations

slither [ˈslɪðəʳ] vi → deslizarse

slither [ˈslɪðəʳ] vi → glisser, déraper

slither [ˈslɪðəʳ] vi → rutschen;

(snake etc) → gleiten

slither [ˈslɪðəʳ] vi → scivolare, sdrucciolare

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slither

v slither [ˈsliðə]

to slide or slip while trying to walk (eg on mud) The dog was slithering about on the mud.gly, glipيَنْزَلِق، يَتَزَحْلَقплъзгам (се)smeknout seglideschlitternγλιστρώdeslizarselibisemaخزيدنliukastellaglisserלְהַחֲלִיקफिसलते हुए आगे बढ़नाsklizati se, posrtati(meg)csúsziktergelincirrenna tilscivolare; strisciareずるずるすべる주르르 미끄러지다slysti, slidinėtislīdēttergelincirglibberengli; åle segpoślizgnąć się, ślizgać sięresvalara alunecaсоскальзывать, скатыватьсяšmyknúť sazdrsnitiklizati sehasa, halkaลื่นไถลkaymak, kayarak gitmek(不穩地)滑行, 不穩地滑動ковзати; скочуватисяگمگاتے ہوئے یا آڑا سیدھا چلناtrượt, tuột（不稳地）滑行, 不稳地滑动