Snake 1 (sn?k)n. pl. Snake or Snakes See Shoshone.Snake 2 (sn?k)n. See Hydra.snake (sn?k)n.1. Any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous squamate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (or Ophidia), having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and flexible jaws.2. A treacherous person. Also called snake in the grass.3. A long, highly flexible metal wire or coil used for cleaning drains. Also called plumber’s snake.v. snaked, snak·ing, snakes v.tr.1. To drag or pull lengthwise, especially to drag with a rope or chain.2. To pull with quick jerks.3. To move in a sinuous or gliding manner: tried to snake the rope along the ledge.v.intr. To move with a sinuous motion: The river snakes through the valley.[Middle English, from Old English snaca.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.snake (sne?k) n1. (Animals) any reptile of the suborder Ophidia (or Serpentes), typically having a scaly cylindrical limbless body, fused eyelids, and a jaw modified for swallowing large prey: includes venomous forms such as cobras and rattlesnakes, large nonvenomous constrictors (boas and pythons), and small harmless types such as the grass snake. 2. Also called: snake in the grass a deceitful or treacherous person3. anything resembling a snake in appearance or action4. (Economics) (in the European Union) a former system of managing a group of currencies by allowing the exchange rate of each of them only to fluctuate within narrow limits5. (Tools) a tool in the form of a long flexible wire for unblocking drainsvb6. (intr) to glide or move like a snake7. (Forestry) (tr) US to haul (a heavy object, esp a log) by fastening a rope around one end of it8. (tr) (often foll by out) US to pull jerkily9. (tr) to move in or follow (a sinuous course)[Old English snaca; related to Old Norse sn?kr snake, Old High German snahhan to crawl, Norwegian sn?k snail] ?snake?like adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014snake (sne?k) n., v. snaked, snak?ing. n. 1. any limbless, scaly, elongate reptile of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species. 2. a treacherous person; an insidious enemy. 3. (in plumbing) a device for dislodging obstructions in curved pipes, having a head fed into the pipe at the end of a flexible metal band. v.i. 4. to move, twist, or wind in the manner of a snake: The road snakes among the mountains. v.t. 5. to wind or make (one’s course, way, etc.) in the manner of a snake. 6. to haul, esp. by a chain or rope, as a log. [before 1000; Middle English (n.); Old English snaca, c. Old Norse sn?kr] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.snake (sn?k) Any of numerous meat-eating reptiles having a long narrow body with no legs, often just one lung, and a forked tongue. The jaws of a snake come apart and the body can expand to swallow prey that is much thicker than the snake itself. Some snakes have venom glands and sharp fangs that can give a poisonous bite.The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.snakesquamous, squamulose – A fish or snake can be squamous or squamulose?covered with minute scales.adder – A snake, it was first “a nadder,” which was misanalyzed to “an adder.”snark – A blend of snake and shark by Lewis Carroll, it is a synonym for “snore” or “snort.”tang – The tongue of a snake.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.Snake a term applied to things or a formation resembling a snake?Wilkes.Examples: a black snake of men winding across the plain, 1891; snakes of ribbon, 1894.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.