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Uncommonsnake
The correct spelling is snake.
How to pronounce snake
/ˈsneɪk/
nounIPA: /ˈsneɪk/
Say it like: Sna-ke
The correct spelling is snake. A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue. For example: "The path snaked through the forest."
Usage Examples
“The path snaked through the forest.”
“He snaked my DVD!”
Meanings
noun
- 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.
verb
- 1.To follow or move in a winding route.
- 2.To steal slyly.
- 3.To clean using a plumbing snake.
- 4.To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out.
- 5.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.
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