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snake

  • noun
  • snāk

Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.

Other meanings

  1. A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person.

  2. A tool for unclogging plumbing.

Example sentences

  • “I need to snake the drain.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “Can snakes predict earthquakes?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "snaca" (snake, serpent, reptile).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “snake” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.