forked tongue flicker
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
- hissSharp sibilant sound
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- slitherGlide smoothly, sinuously
reptile · venom · fangs · flick · taste · scent · deception · lies · deceit · treachery · split · forked · lightning · tongue · liar · devil · cunning · sinister
truthfulness/deception
forked tongue flickerstraight talk
Honest, direct communication
candor · truthfulness · sincerity · unvarnished truth · telling it like it is
movement quality
forked tongue flickerstillness
Complete lack of motion
motionlessness · smooth glide · slow movement · fixed position · inertness