slithers
Moves without limbs
Slithers is the verb slither in the third person singular.
To slither is to move with a smooth, twisting motion, like a snake sliding across ground: The python slithers through the grass.
The word suggests something sinuous and often unsettling.
People slither when they move sneakily or squeeze through tight spaces: He slithered out the back door before anyone noticed.
Limbless scaled reptile
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
- pythonNonvenomous squeezing snake
- cobraHooded venomous serpent
- viperFanged toxic serpent
boa · scales · coils · fangs · forked tongue · rattlesnake · adder · constrictor
Moves smoothly, frictionlessly
- slidesMoves smoothly across surface
- creepsUnsettling individuals
- crawlsMoves slowly, low
- wrigglesWrithes with small movements
squirms · slinks · writhing · sinuous · undulates · oozes · snakes · winds
snake
Limbless scaled reptile
viper · boa · scales · coils · fangs · forked tongue · rattlesnake · adder · constrictor · anaconda
glides
Moves smoothly, frictionlessly
wriggles · squirms · slinks · writhing · sinuous · undulates · oozes · snakes · winds · curves
slimy
Wet, slippery, unpleasant
eel · slug · worm · leech · tentacle · squid · octopus · moist · glistening · viscous
lurking
Concealed and watchful
ambush · danger · eerie · unsettling · sinister · shadows · darkness · horror · creepy · threatening