slither

English

Etymology

From Middle English slitheren, alteration of sliddren (“to slither, creep”), from Old English slidrian (“to slip, slide, slither”), from Proto-Germanic *slidrianan (“to slide, slither”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleidh- (“to slip”). Cognate with Dutch slidderen (“to slip, wriggle, slither”). More at slide.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈslɪð.ə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"slID.@(r)/
• Rhymes: -ɪðə(r)

Verb

slither (third-person singular simple present slithers, present participle slithering, simple past and past participle slithered)

1. To move about smoothly and from side to side.
2. (intransitive) To slide
   • 2003, J. Flash, An American Savage

     I bent down and with both hands I scooped up as much of this pissshit as I could. The green and brown clump felt like Jello as it dripped down all over my clothes. It was slithering through inbetween my fingers.

Translations

to move smoothly from side to side

Bosnian: gmizati (bs) Czech: šoupnout (cs) se

French: ramper / glisser en ondulant Scots: hirsel

to slide

French: glisser (fr), se faufiler (fr)

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