slithering

Describes a smooth, gliding, or snake-like movement, often used to evoke a sense of stealth or menace.

• 🇫🇷Décrit un mouvement fluide, glissant ou serpentin, souvent utilisé pour évoquer la discrétion ou la menace.

1. Moving smoothly on a slippery surface B2 informal

   Describing a motion that is smooth, gliding, and often unsteady, as if on a slick or wet surface.

   • The slithering snake disappeared into the tall grass.
   • He took a slithering step on the icy pavement.
   • The slithering movement of the eel was mesmerizing.

   🇫🇷glissant

   Synonymes: glidingslidingslipping

• more slithering comparative form
• most slithering superlative form

A verb used to describe the act of moving smoothly and quietly, often with a sliding or twisting motion, like a snake.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour décrire un mouvement fluide et silencieux, souvent avec des ondulations ou des glissements, comme celui d'un serpent. Il peut aussi désigner un déplacement furtif ou sinueux.

1. Move smoothly and quietly B2 informal

   To move in a smooth, quiet, and often secretive manner, like a snake.

   • The cat slithered through the narrow gap in the fence.
   • He slithered into the room without making a sound.
   • The spy slithered past the guards unnoticed.

   🇫🇷Se déplacer en rampant silencieusement

   Synonymes: creepglideslideslinksneak

   Antonymes: clattercrashstompthunder

• slithered past participle
• slithered past simple
• slithering present participle
• slithers third person singular