snaked
Meandered in curves
Snaked is the past tense of snake, meaning to move in a winding, serpentine path: The river snaked through the valley, We snaked our way through the crowd.
In slang, to snake someone is to betray or steal from them sneakily: He snaked my parking spot, She snaked him by going behind his back.
Moved with smooth undulation
- wriggledTwisted with short movements
- undulatedMoved in waves
- coiledArranged in spirals
- twistedWound around itself
curved · glided · slinked · squirmed · spiraled · looped · corkscrewed · wound
Cleverly deceptive
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- slyCleverly deceptive
- stealthySecretly cautious in movement
- furtiveSecretive and sly
covert · underhanded · devious · scheming · calculating · conniving · treacherous · duplicitous
Traveled without direct course
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- twistedWound around itself
- zigzaggedMade sharp alternating turns
weaved · threaded · veered · bent · arced · turned · wandered · rambled
Curving in repeated bends
- sinuousCurving in flowing turns
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- twistingRotating with distortion
- coilingLooping around repeatedly
curving · snakelike · convoluted · tortuous · flexuous · meandering · labyrinthine · circuitous
slithered
Moved with smooth undulation
twisted · curved · glided · slinked · squirmed · spiraled · looped · corkscrewed · wound · threaded
crafty
Cleverly deceptive
furtive · covert · underhanded · devious · scheming · calculating · conniving · treacherous · duplicitous · deceitful
meandered
Traveled without direct course
zigzagged · weaved · threaded · veered · bent · arced · turned · wandered · rambled · detoured
serpentine
Curving in repeated bends
coiling · curving · snakelike · convoluted · tortuous · flexuous · meandering · labyrinthine · circuitous
snatched
Took quickly, abruptly
swiped · nabbed · lifted · pinched · pocketed · took · plucked · seized
- snake pitsReptile-filled hollows or bedlam
- snake in the grassSecretly treacherous person
- snake oilFraudulent cure-all
- snake eyesPair of ones rolled
- snake bitePuncture from legless reptile
- venomous snakeSerpent with toxic bite
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