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Webster 1913 Edition


slither

slith′er

(slĭth′ẽr)
,
Verb.
I.
[Cf. G.
schlittern
, LG.
schliddern
. See
slide
.]
To slide; to glide.
[Prov. Eng.]

Definition 2024


slither

slither

See also: sliotar

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slither (third-person singular simple present slithers, present participle slithering, simple past and past participle slithered)

  1. (intransitive) To move about smoothly and from side to side.
  2. (intransitive) To slide
    • 2003, J. Flash, An American Savage
      I bent down and with both hands I scooped up as much of this pissshit as I could. The green and brown clump felt like Jello as it dripped down all over my clothes. It was slithering through inbetween my fingers.

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