snake

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Related terms 1.6 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Old English snaca < Proto-Germanic *snakon < Proto-Indo-European *snag-, *sneg- (“‘to crawl; a creeping thing’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: snāk, IPA: /sneɪk/, SAMPA: /sneIK/
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• Rhymes: -eɪk

[edit] Noun

snake (plural snakes)

1. A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.
   • 1892, Oscar Wilde, A House of Pomegranates^[1]:

     The man writhed like a trampled snake, and a red foam bubbled from his lips.

2. A treacherous person.
   • 1838, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby^[2]:

     Mrs. Kenwigs was horror-stricken to think that she should ever have nourished in her bosom such a snake, adder, viper, serpent, and base crocodile, as Henrietta Petowker.

3. A tool for unclogging plumbing.
4. A tool to aid cable pulling.
5. (slang) A trouser snake; the penis.

[edit] Synonyms

(reptile):

• joe blake
• serpent

(plumbing tool):

• auger
• plumber's snake

(tool for cable pulling):

• wirepuller

[edit] Derived terms

• snakebite
• snake oil

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[edit] Verb

to snake (third-person singular simple present snakes, present participle snaking, simple past and past participle snaked)

1. (intransitive): To move in a winding path.

   The river snakes through the valley.

2. (transitive, Australian, slang) To steal slyly.

   He snaked my DVD!

3. (transitive) To clean using a plumbing snake.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• anguine

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aekns
• akens
• sneak