# snake
## English
### Alternative forms

* (internet slang, childish, jocular) snek

### Etymology

From Middle English snake, from Old English snaca (“snake, serpent, reptile”), from Proto-West Germanic *snakō (“snake”) (compare German Low German Snake, Snaak (“snake”), dialectal German Schnake (“adder”), Swedish snok (“grass snake”), Danish snog (“grass snake”), Icelandic snákur (“snake”)), derived via Proto-Germanic *snakô from Proto-Germanic *snakaną (“to crawl”) (compare Old High German snahhan), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neg- (“to crawl; a creeping thing”). Cognate with Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “snake”)). Doublet of nāga.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: snāk, IPA: /sneɪk/
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* Rhymes: -eɪk

### Noun

snake (plural snakes)
* A legless reptile in the order Squamata with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.
    Synonyms: joe blake, serpent
** 1892, Oscar Wilde, A House of Pomegranates‎:The man writhed like a trampled snake, and a red foam bubbled from his lips.
** 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:After dark the train is a lighted snake, as, even when the passengers' lights are out, each carriage has a side-light in the middle just under the eaves.
* A treacherous person; a rat.
** 1838, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby‎:Mrs. Kenwigs was horror-stricken to think that she should ever have nourished in her bosom such a snake, adder, viper, serpent, and base crocodile, as Henrietta Petowker.
** 2021, Peter McKenna, 5:51 from the start, in Kin, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Frank Kinsella (Aidan Gillen):Well, if it was Moore, he's a fucking snake.
* A person who acts deceitfully for social gain.
* A tool for unclogging plumbing.
    Synonyms: auger, plumber's snake
* A tool to aid cable pulling.
    Synonym: wirepuller
* (UK, Australia) A flavoured jube (confectionary) in the shape of a snake.
* (slang) Trouser snake; the penis.
    Synonym: trouser snake
* (mathematics) A series of Bézier curves.
* (cartomancy) The seventh Lenormand card.
* (MLE, MTE) An informer; a rat.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:informant
    Gem’s a snake for Kamale, man.
** 2017 April 7, “War Dub”, performed by Little T (Josh Tate):Yo, bare people and the snakes, yeah, they're just grass / Next minute you're the mate, yeah / Next day stab in the back
* (finance, historical) Short for snake in the tunnel.
** 2001, W. Bonefeld, The Politics of Europe: Monetary Union and Class, page 69:The snake failed to provide an anchor for currency stability and, through it, disinflation.
* Short for black snake (“firework that creates a trail of ash”).

#### Derived terms

* aesculapian snake
* Aesculapian snake
* antisnake
* as mad as a cut snake
* ball snake
* bastard horn snake
* beer snake
* Big Bend patchnose snake
* black pepper snake
* blacksnake
* black snake
* blind snake
* blow snake
* blue-bellied black snake
* Boettger's two-headed snake
* brown snake
* bull snake
* bullsnake
* carpet snake
* caution to snakes
* cherish a snake in one's bosom
* chicken snake
* Chinese snake gourd
* coffee snake
* come up snake eyes
* come up with snake eyes
* common purple-glossed snake
* Congo snake
* coral snake
* corn snake
* crayfish snake
* crooked as a barrel of snakes
* dart snake
* De Kay's brown snake
* De Kay's snake
* dice snake
* draft snake
* drain the snake
* earth snake
* eastern indigo snake
* Eastern indigo snake
* eleven-striped blind snake
* fangtooth snake-eel
* fierce snake
* file snake
* flowsnake
* fox snake
* Futsing wolf snake
* gardener snake
* garden snake
* garter snake
* glass snake
* gopher snake
* go snake
* grass snake
* Great Plains rat snake
* green snake
* harlequin snake
* hognose snake
* hoop snake
* horned snake
* hornsnake
* indigo snake
* inland snake-eyed skink
* Jamaican blind snake
* Japanese snake blenny
* Jewnited Snakes
* joint snake
* king snake
* kingsnake
* ladder snake
* lance snake
* large-headed water snake
* leopard snake
* lyre snake
* mad as a cut snake
* mad as cut snakes
* marsh snake
* mersnake
* milk snake
* mud snake
* mudsnake
* mulga snake
* night snake
* olive sea snake
* one-eyed snake
* one-eyed trouser snake
* parrot snake
* patchnose snake
* penis snake
* pilot snake
* pine snake
* pine woods snake
* pipe snake
* plumbing snake
* purple-glossed snake
* queen snake
* rainbow snake
* rat snake
* rattlesnake
* rattle snake
* red-bellied black snake
* red snake
* ribbon snake
* ringneck snake
* rock snake
* sand snake
* scarlet snake
* screaming snake case
* sea snake
* shadow snake
* short-toed snake eagle
* small-scaled snake
* smooth green snake
* smooth snake
* Snake
* snake and pygmy pie
* snake bean
* snakebelly
* snakeberry
* snakebird
* snakebit
* snakebite
* snakebitten
* snakeboard
* snake cactus
* snake case
* snake-cased
* snake charmer
* snake charming
* snake cucumber
* snake dance
* snake doctor
* snakedom
* snake draft
* snake eagle
* snake-eating cobra
* snake eel
* snake-eel
* snake eyes
* snake fear
* snake feeder
* snake fence
* snakefish
* snakefly
* snake fright
* snake-fright
* snake fruit
* snake gourd
* snake-grass
* snake gun
* snake hawk
* snakehead
* snakehood
* snake insert
* snake-in-the-box problem
* snake in the grass
* snake in the tunnel
* Snake Island
* snake-killer
* snakeless
* snakelet
* snakelike
* snakeline
* snakeling
* snake lizard
* snakely
* snake mackerel
* snakeman
* snakemeat
* snake melon
* snakemouth
* snakeneck
* snake-necked turtle
* snake oil
* snake-oil
* snake oil salesman
* Snake Pass
* snake-phobia
* snakephobia
* snake pit
* snake plant
* snakeproof
* snake rake
* Snake Range
* Snake River
* snakeroot
* snakes and ladders
* snakeshead
* snake shot
* snakeshot
* snakeskin
* snakess
* snakestone
* snake tail
* snake tart
* snaketivity
* snake vine
* snakeweed
* snakewhip
* snake wine
* snakewise
* snakewood
* snakey
* snakie
* snakish
* snaky
* snow snake
* son of a snake
* stiletto snake
* Texas blind snake
* Texas garter snake
* Texas lined snake
* thirst snake
* thread snake
* three-step snake
* thunder snake
* tiger snake
* twig snake
* Ulmer's reed snake
* wampum snake
* wart snake
* water snake
* western rat snake
* whip snake
* wolf snake
* word snake

#### Descendants

* → Maori: neke
* → Sranan Tongo: sneki

#### Translations

Abenaki: skog
Abkhaz: амаҭ (amat)
Acehnese: uleuë
Adang: mudlu
Adnyamathanha: wabma, mudlu, Arkurra
Adyghe: блэ (blɛ)
Afar: abeesa
Afrikaans: slang (af)
Aghwan: 𐔱𐕈𐕇 (båx̣)
Ahom: 𑜂𑜥 (ṅū)
Ainu: ウェンペサニ (wempesani)
Aiton: please add this translation if you can
Albanian: gjarpër (sq) m
Amharic: እባብ (ʾəbab)
Amis: 'oner
Apache:
Western Apache: tłʼiish
Arabic: ثُعْبَان m (ṯuʕbān), حَنَش m (ḥanaš), حَيَّة f (ḥayya), أَفْعَى f (ʔafʕā)
Chadian Arabic: دابي (dābi)
Egyptian Arabic: تعبان m (tiʕbān)
Hijazi Arabic: ثعبان m (tuʕbān), حنش m (ḥanaš)
Lebanese Arabic: حيِّة m (ḥáyye), تعْبان m (taʕbān)
Moroccan Arabic: حنش m (ḥanš)
South Levantine Arabic: حيّة m (ḥáyya, ḥáyye)
Aramaic:
Hebrew: חויא m (ḥewyā), חוויתא f (ḥwāwwīṯā) (female)
Syriac: ܚܘܝܐ m (ḥewyā), ܚܘܘܝܬܐ f (ḥwāwwīṯā) (female)
Armenian: օձ (hy) (ōj)
Aromanian: sharpi m, sharpe m
Asi: sawa
Assamese: সাপ (xap)
Asturian: culiebra (ast) f
Atayal: mqu
Avar: борохь (borox̂)
Azerbaijani: ilan (az)
Balinese: lelipi
Baluchi: مار (már)
Bashkir: йылан (yılan)
Basque: suge (eu)
Bau Bidayuh: dipoh
Belarusian: змяя́ f (zmjajá)
Bengali: সাপ (bn) (śap)
Bikol Central: halas (bcl)
Bouyei: ngeaz
Breton: naer (br) f, sarpant (br) m
Brunei Malay: ular
Buginese: ula
Bulgarian: змия́ (bg) f (zmijá)
Bunun: ivut
Burji: hamasi
Burmese: မြွေ (my) (mrwe)
Buryat: могой (mogoj)
Butuanon: haas
Catalan: serp (ca) f, serpent (ca) f, colobra (ca) f
Cebuano: bitin
Central Melanau: dipa
Chakma: 𑄥𑄛𑄴 (sāp)
Chamicuro: sokopleye
Chechen: лаьхьа (läḥʳa)
Chepang: रु (ru)
Cherokee: ᎢᎾᏛ (inadv)
Chichewa: njoka
Chickasaw: sinti'
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蛇 (se$^4$)
Dungan: шә (šə), чончун (čončun), мон (mon)
Eastern Min: 蛇 (siè), 老蛇 (lâu-siè)
Gan: 蛇 (sa$^4$)
Hakka: 蛇 (sà), 蛇哥 (sà-kô)
Hokkien: 蛇 (zh-min-nan) (chôa)
Jin: 蛇 (se$^1$)
Literary Chinese: 蛇, 虺 (large snake)
Mandarin: 蛇 (zh) (shé), 長蟲 / 长虫 (zh) (chángchong, chángchóng)
Northern Min: 蛇 (ṳê)
Wu: 蛇, 水蛇 ($^5$sy-zo)
Xiang: 蛇 (sha$^2$ / she$^2$)
Chuvash: ҫӗлен (śĕlen)
Coptic: ϩⲟϥ ? (hof)
Cornish: sarf (kw) f, serpont m
Corsican: sarpente, serpente, sarpu, sarpi, serpe, serpu
Cree: ᑭᓀᐱᐠ (kinepik)
Czech: had (cs) m
Danish: slange (da) c
Dargwa: чӏичӏала (č̣ič̣ala)
Dhivehi: ހަރުފަ (harufa)
Dieri: wanku
Dongxiang: mogvei
Drung: beu
Dutch: slang (nl) f, serpent (nl) n
Dzongkha: སྦུལ (sbul)
Eastern Arrernte: apmwe
Eastern Cham: ꨀꨤꨩ (ala'), ꨂꨤꨩ (ula')
Egyptian: (ḥfꜣw m)
Erzya: гуй (guj), ёзнэ (joznë)
Esperanto: serpento (eo)
Estonian: madu (et), uss (et)
Even: дьабда (ʒaʙda)
Evenki: кулин (kulin)
Faroese: slanga (fo) f, ormur (fo) m
Fijian: gata (fj)
Finnish: käärme (fi)
Franco-Provençal: please add this translation if you can
French: serpent (fr) m
Friulian: sarpint m
Gagauz: yılan
Galician: serpe (gl) f, bicha f, cobra (gl) f
Ge'ez: ተመን (tämän)
Georgian: გველი (ka) (gveli), უხსენებელი (uxsenebeli) (figurative)
German: Schlange (de) f, Wurm (de) m (poetic)
Gondi: తరస్ (taras)
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms)
Greek: φίδι (el) n (fídi)
Ancient: ὄφις m (óphis)
Greenlandic: pulateriaarsuk (kl)
Gujarati: સાપ (gu) m (sāp), સાપણ f (sāpaṇ), એરુ m (eru)
Haitian Creole: koulèv
Hausa: macī̀jī m, macījìyā f
Hawaiian: naheka, nahesa
Hebrew: נָחָשׁ (he) m (nakhásh)
Hiligaynon: man-og
Hindi: साँप (hi) m (sā̃p), सर्प (hi) m (sarp), नाग (hi) m (nāg)
Hiri Motu: gaigai
Hopi: taaho
Hungarian: kígyó (hu)
Hunsrik: Schlang f
Iban: ular
Ibanag: zirian
Icelandic: snákur (is) m, ormur (is)
Ido: serpento (io)
Ifè: edzò
Igala: éjò
Igbo: agwọ
Ilocano: uleg
Indonesian: ular (id)
Ingrian: mato, maahiin, käärme (obsolete)
Ingush: текхарг (teqarg)
Interlingua: serpente
Iranun: nipai
Irish: nathair f
Isthmus Zapotec: beendaʼ
Italian: serpente (it) m, serpe (it) f, biscia (it) f
Iu Mien: naang
Ivatan: vuday
Izon: tanií, wónii
Japanese: 蛇 (ja) (へび, hebi), ヘビ (ja) (hebi)
Jarai: ala
Jarawa: topo
Javanese: ꦲꦸꦭ (jv) (ula) (ngoko), sawer (krama), ꦱꦂꦥ (sarpa) (literary), ꦠꦏ꧀ꦱꦏ (taksaka) (literary)
Jeju: 베염 (beyeom)
K'iche': kumatz
Kabardian: блэ (kbd) (blɛ)
Kaingang: pỹn
Kalasha: gok
Kalmyk: моһа (moğa)
Kamasau: ghati, ghati
Kamba: nzoka
Kannada: ಹಾವು (kn) (hāvu)
Kapampangan: ubingan
Karachay-Balkar: жылан (jılan), джылан (cılan)
Karelian: kiärmis
Kashmiri: سَرُپھ (saruph), سَرُف (saruf)
Kashubian: żnija f
Kaurna: ilya
Kavalan: sikkay
Kazakh: жылан (kk) (jylan)
Khakas: чылан (çılan)
Khamti: please add this translation if you can
Khiamniungan Naga: pāu
Khmer: ពស់ (km) (pŭəh), ឧរគ (km) (ʼuraʼkĕəʼ) (poetic)
Khumi Chin: bärui
Kikuyu: nyoka class 9/10, nyamũ ya thĩ class 9/10
Kimaragang: wulanut
Klamath-Modoc: wisink
Komi-Zyrian: кый (kyj)
Korean: 뱀 (ko) (baem)
Kriol: jinek
Kulon-Pazeh: ezet
Kumyk: йылан (yılan)
Kuna: naibe
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مار (ckb) (mar)
Northern Kurdish: mar (ku) m
Kyrgyz: жылан (ky) (jılan)
Ladakhi: སྦྲུལ (sbrul)
Ladin: please add this translation if you can
Ladino: kulevra f
Lakota: zuzeca
Lao: ງູ (lo) (ngū)
Latgalian: čyuška, tuorps
Latin: anguis (la) m, serpēns (la) m or f, vīpera f, coluber m, colubra f, dracō (la) m
Latvian: čūska (lv) f
Lutuv: pariy
Laz: tzitzila, წიწილა (ǯiǯila)
Lezgi: илан (ilan)
Ligurian: serpente m
Lithuanian: gyvatė (lt) f
Livonian: ūška
Lokono: ori
Lombard: serpéent
Louisiana Creole: sèrpen
Lü: ᦇᦴ (nguu)
Lucumí: eyó, nioka
Luhya: endemu
Lushootseed: bə́c'əc
Luxembourgish: Schlaang f
Macedonian: зми́ја (mk) f (zmíja)
Madurese: olar
Maguindanao: nipay
Makhuwa: enowa
Malagasy: bibilava (mg)
Malay: ular (ms), cewe, cewe ceblek
Malayalam: പാമ്പ് (ml) (pāmpŭ), പാന്വ് (pānvŭ), സർപ്പം (saṟppaṁ), പന്നഗം (ml) (pannagaṁ), ഉരഗം (ml) (uragaṁ)
Maltese: serp m
Manchu: ᠮᡝᡳᡥᡝ (meihe)
Manipuri: ꯂꯤꯜ (leel)
Manx: aarnieu m, ardnieu m
Maore Comorian: nyoha class 9/10
Maori: neke, nākahi
Maranao: nipai, waged
Marathi: साप (sāp), नाग (nāg), सर्प (sarpa)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: кишке (kiške)
Western Mari: кӹшкӹ (kÿškÿ)
Mbyá Guaraní: mboi
Megleno-Romanian: șarpi
Meriam: tábo
Mi'kmaq: mtesgm anim
Minangkabau: ula (min)
Miyako: 波布 (ぱゔ, pav), 蛇 (ぱゔ, pav)
Mizo: rûl
Mòcheno: burm m
Mohegan-Pequot: skok
Moksha: куй (kuj)
Mon: ဇြုံ (mnw)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: могой (mn) (mogoj)
Mongolian: ᠮᠣᠭᠠᠢ (moɣai)
Motu: gaigai
Muong: thẳnh
Mwani: nyoka
Nahuatl:
Central: coatl
Central Huasteca: koatl
Classical: coatl
Eastern Huasteca: kowatl
Western Huasteca: koatl
Nanai: муйки (mujki)
Nanticoke: ash-quoke, ah!skoke
Narungga: badja, bagga, warngu
Navajo: tłʼiish, naʼashǫ́ʼii
Neapolitan: serpe m or f
Nepali: साँप (ne) (sā̃p), साप (ne) (sāp), सर्प (sarpa)
Ngadjuri: arkubi (tiger), mudlu (carpet), Akaru (Rainbow Serpent), bubu'lara, wiparu
Ngarrindjeri: krayi
Nigerian Pidgin: snek
Nihali: कोगॉ (kōǵo)
Niuean: gata
Nivkh: кылаӈа (kəlaŋa)
Nobiin: bìslángí
Northern Khanty: йємәӈ вой (jêməṇ woj)
Northern Mansi: ялпыӈӯй (âlpyňūj)
Northern Sami: gearpmaš
Northern Thai: ᨦᩪ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: slange (no) m, orm (no) m
Nynorsk: slange (nn) m
Nukunu: kampu, murtlu, wangku, Kakarru
Nuosu: ꏂ (shy)
Nupe: ewa
Occitan: sèrp (oc) f, colòbra (oc) f
Odia: ସାପ (or) (sāpa),ଉଡ଼ଙ୍ଗ (uṛaṅga)
Ojibwe: ᑭᓀᐱᒃ (ginebig)
Okanagan: x̌aʔx̌ʔúlaʔxʷ
Okinawan: 波布 (はぶ, habu), 蛇 (はぶ, habu)
Okinoerabu: 蛇 (ひび, hibi)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: змиꙗ f (zmija), змии m (zmii)
Old East Slavic: змьи m (zmĭi)
Old English: nǣdre f
Old Javanese: ulă
Old Marathi: 𑘭𑘰𑘢 m (sāpa)
Old Portuguese: coobra f
Old Tupi: mboîa
Olukumi: ẹzò
Oromo: bofa
Osage: wécˀa
Ossetian: калм (kalm)
Ottoman Turkish: ییلان (yılan), مار (mar)
Pa'o Karen: ရူး (blk)
Pacoh: cu-ơ, cuxanh, cuxéinh
Palauan: bersoech (land snake), kemairs (sea snake)
Pali: ahi m, uraga m, sappa m
Pangasinan: uleg
Pannonian Rusyn: гад m (had)
Papiamentu: kolebra
Pashto: مار (ps) m (mār)
Persian:
Dari: مَار (mār)
Iranian Persian: مار (fa) (mâr), مُر (fa) (mor) (dialectal)
Phake: please add this translation if you can
Piedmontese: serpent m
Pipil: kuat, cúat
Pitjantjatjara: liru, wami
Plautdietsch: Schlang f
Polish: wąż (pl) m
Portuguese: cobra (pt) f, serpente (pt) f, ofídio (pt), víbora (pt) f
Powhatan: askok
Punjabi: ਸੱਪ (pa) m (sappa), ਸਰਪ (pa) m (sarap)
Quechua: amaru, katari, machaqway, magcawai
Rohingya: háf
Romagnol: bìssa
Romani: sap m
Romanian: șarpe (ro) m
Romansch: serp f, siarp f, zearp f, zerp, serpent m, serpaint m
Russian: змея́ (ru) f (zmejá)
S'gaw Karen: ဂုၢ် (ghu̱)
Saaroa: vuhli'i
Saek: งั๊ว
Saisiyat: Siba:i'
Sami:
Kildin Sami: кӯввьт (kūvv’t)
Pite Sami: gierbma
Skolt Sami: kuˈvdd, smäˈtt
Samoan: gata
Sangisari: مهر (mehor)
Sanskrit: सर्प (sa) m (sarpa), नाग (sa) m (nāga), उरङ्ग (sa) m (uraṅga), अहि (sa) m (áhi)
Sasak: kolepbla
Saterland Frisian: Slange f
Scottish Gaelic: nathair f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: змѝја f
Roman: zmìja (sh) f
Shan: ငူး (shn) (ngúu)
Sherpa: རུལ (rul)
Shor: чылан (çılan)
Sicilian: serpenti (scn) m, sirpenti (scn)
Sidamo: hamaso
Sinhalese: සර්පයා (sarpayā)
Slovak: had (sk) m
Slovene: kača (sl) f
Somali: abeeso, mas m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wuž m
Upper Sorbian: wuž m, had m
Sotho: noha
Southern Altai: јылан (ǰïlan)
Southern Sami: gïermesje
Spanish: serpiente (es) f, culebra (es) f, sierpe (es) f (archaic), víbora (es) f (colloquial, Mexico)
Sranan Tongo: sneki
Sundanese: ᮇᮛᮚ᮪ (oray)
Swahili: nyoka (sw) class 9
Swedish: orm (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠢꠣꠙ (haf)
Tagabawa: áppuy
Tagal Murut: kukuo
Tagalog: ahas (tl)
Tahitian: ōfī
Tai Dam: ꪉꪴ
Tai Nüa: ᥒᥧᥰ (ngü)
Tajik: мор (tg) (mor)
Talysh: mor
Tamil: பாம்பு (ta) (pāmpu), சருப்பம் (ta) (caruppam)
Tangut: 𗀋 (*phio²)
Tarantino: serpènde m
Tarifit: fiɣar m, arefsiw m, tarefsa f
Taroko: quyu
Tat: mar
Tatar: елан (tt) (yelan)
Tausug: hās
Tboli: ulal
Tedim Chin: guul
Telugu: పాము (te) (pāmu)
Ternate: ngohia
Thai: งู (th) (nguu)
Thao: qlhuran
Tibetan: སྦྲུལ (sbrul)
Tidore: ega
Tigrinya: ተመን (ti) (tämän)
Tocharian B: sarpe
Tongan: ngata
Tsou: fkoi
Tswana: noga
Tumbuka: njoka
Turkish: yılan (tr)
Turkmen: ýylan
Tuvan: чылан (çılan)
Udmurt: кый (kyj)
Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎈𐎌 (nḥš), 𐎁𐎘𐎐 (bṯn)
Ukrainian: змія́ (uk) f (zmijá)
Unami: xkuk
Urdu: سان٘پ m (sā̃p), مار m (mār)
Uyghur: يىلان (ug) (yilan)
Uzbek: ilon (uz)
Veps: gad
Vietnamese: rắn (vi)
Vilamovian: yter f
Volapük: snek (vo)
Võro: huss', siug
Votic: mato, tšäärme
Walloon: sierpint (wa) m
Wardaman: linin
Warlpiri: warna
Welsh: neidr (cy) f
West Coast Bajau: soo
West Frisian: slange (fy)
Western Panjabi: سپ (pnb) m (sp)
White Hmong: nab
Wolof: jaan ji (wo)
Yakan: please add this translation if you can
Yakut: моҕой (moğoy)
Yami: voley
Yiddish: שלאַנג f (shlang), נחש m (nokhesh)
Yoruba: ejò
Yucatec Maya: kaan
Zande: wo
Zazaki: mor (diq), mar (diq)
Zealandic: slange f
Zhuang: ngwz
Zou: gul
Zulu: inyoka (zu) class 9/10 :
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### Verb

snake (third-person singular simple present snakes, present participle snaking, simple past and past participle snaked)
* (intransitive) To follow or move in a winding route.
    Synonyms: slither, wind
    The path snaked through the forest.
    The river snakes through the valley.
** 1996 September 24, Mark Addinall, “Football fever...”, in aus.personals‎ (Usenet):Any Brisbane female interested in snaking down a few beers whilst watching the footy on a big screen?
** 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Bournemouth (circa 1880)”, in RAIL, number 947, pages 59–60:Opened in June of that year [1880], the station was the southern terminus of the much-lamented Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (the S&D or 'Slow and Dirty'), which snaked its way down from Bath.
* (transitive, Australia, slang) To steal slyly.
    He snaked my DVD!
** 2001 April 5, Hyena, “Home made supercharger ?”, in aus.cars‎ (Usenet):Although it wouldn't be the first time some one patented an idea that I'd had a year earlier. […] Someone already has :) […] F*CK ME !! Snaked again !
* (transitive) To clean using a plumbing snake.
* (US, informal) To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out.
** November 27 1835, N.B. St. John, letter to George Thompson
    his wife and children shall not be forced to flee from the hearth of a friend, lest they should be snaked out by men in civic authority
* (nautical) 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.
* (MLE) To inform; to rat.
    He says he didn't snake and I believe him.

#### Derived terms

* snake out

#### Translations
### See also

* anguine

### Further reading

* snake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* kaens, akens, nakes, skean, Keans, sneak, Kasen, kenas, asken, Skåne

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* snak
* snaca (Early Middle English)

### Etymology

From Old English snaca, from Proto-West Germanic *snakō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsnaːk(ə)/

### Noun

snake (plural snakes or snaken or snake)
* snake
* serpent

#### Descendants

* English: snake (see there for further descendants)
* Scots: snake

#### References

* “snāke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.