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Slithering

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Adjective

1. slipping, slithering

moving as on a slippery surface

Example Sentences:
'his slipping and slithering progress over the ice'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Slithering

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verb
1. 
to move or slide or cause to move or slide unsteadily, as on a slippery surface
2. (intransitive)
to travel with a sliding motion
noun
3. 
a slithering motion

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Slithering

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verb intransitive
1. 
to slip or slide on or as on a slope with a loose or broken surface
2. 
a. 
to move along by sliding or gliding, as a snake
b. 
to walk with a sliding motion
verb transitive
3. 
to cause to slither or slide
noun
4. 
a sliding, slithering motion

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Slithering

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intr.v. slith·ered, slith·er·ing, slith·ers
1. To move or slide by twisting or undulating the body over a surface, as in the manner of a snake.
2. To walk with a sliding or shuffling gait: slithered over to the window.
3. To slip and slide, as on a loose or uneven surface: "We went slithering down the muddy rocks to sea level" (Jane Rodgers).
n.
A slithering movement or gait.

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