snake Meaning & Definition
What Does Snake Mean?
Snake is a noun that means Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with elongated bodies and fork-shaped tongues. It can also mean A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person. As a verb, it means To follow or move in a winding route.
Snake in Brief
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /sneɪk/ |
| Synonyms | ophidian, auger and snake in the grass |
| Plural | snakes |
| Verb forms | snakes, snaking, snaked |
Snake Definition (Noun)
- Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with elongated bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
- A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person.
- A tool for unclogging plumbing.
- A tool to aid cable pulling.
- A flavoured jube (confectionary) in the shape of a snake.
- Trouser snake; the penis.
- A series of Bézier curves.
- The seventh Lenormand card.
- An informer; a rat.
Gem’s a snake for Kamale, man.
- A person who interferes with another's run or who takes their run out of turn.
- Ellipsis of snake in the tunnel.
- Ellipsis of black snake (“firework that creates a trail of ash”).
- Ellipsis of snake game.
Snake as a Verb
- To follow or move in a winding route.
The path snaked through the forest.
- To steal slyly.
He snaked my DVD!
- To clean using a plumbing snake.
- To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out.
- 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.
- To inform; to rat; often with out.
He says he didn't snake and I believe him.
- To interfere with another's run or to take one's run out of turn.
Noun
- A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.
- A treacherous person.
- Somebody who acts deceitfully for social gain.
Synonyms of Snake
Snake in a Sentence
Gem’s a snake for Kamale, man.
The path snaked through the forest.
The river snakes through the valley.
He snaked my DVD!
He says he didn't snake and I believe him.
Word Forms & Grammar
snake (plural snakes)
snake (third-person singular simple present snakes, present participle snaking, simple past and past participle snaked)
Words That Rhyme With Snake
Origin of Snake
Origin 1: From Middle English snake, from Old English snaca (“snake, serpent, reptile”), from Proto-West Germanic *snakō (“slider, snake”), from *snakan (“to creep, slide”), related to Old High German snahhan (“to sneak, slide”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *snēkô (“creeper, crawler”).
Origin 2: Cognate with German Low German Snake, Snaak (“snake”), dialectal German Schnake (“adder”), Danish snog (“grass snake”), Swedish snok (“grass snake”), Norwegian Nynorsk snåk (“viper, adder”), Faroese snákur (“grass snake”), Icelandic snákur (“snake”).
Common Questions About Snake
Is snake a noun or a verb?
Snake is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.
What is another word for snake?
Words with a similar meaning to snake include ophidian, auger and snake in the grass. See the full list of snake synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of snake?
The plural of snake is snakes.
What is the past tense of snake?
The past tense of snake is snaked. The present participle is snaking.