snaking
Moving in curves
Snaking describes movement like a snake—winding, curving, or slithering: The river goes snaking through the valley, Cables were snaking across the floor.
It can also mean moving stealthily or deceptively.
In British slang, snaking on someone is betraying them or talking behind their back—behaving like a snake in the treacherous sense.
Following a winding course
- twistingRotating with distortion
- coilingLooping around repeatedly
- curvingBending in arc
- zigzagAngled back-and-forth path
spiral · looping · sinuous · undulating · bending · slithering · weaving · wriggling
Smooth limbless locomotion
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
threading · inching · sliding · writhing · worming · advancing · progressing · trailing
Continuous mark or queue
- queueOrdered waiting line
- chainLinked segments forming length
- processionFormal moving line
- congaCuban hand drum
file · column · trail · string · succession · caravan · convoy · parade
Of snakes and lizards
- viperFanged toxic serpent
- pythonNonvenomous squeezing snake
- cobraHooded venomous serpent
- slitherGlide smoothly, sinuously
constrictor · adder · scales · fangs · hiss · venom · rattlesnake · mamba
Sly, scheming cleverness
- slyCleverly deceptive
- sneakyStealthily deceptive
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- underhandedSecretly dishonest or unfair
devious · guileful · scheming · crafty · duplicitous · deceitful · insidious · manipulative
meandering
Following a winding course
zigzag · spiral · looping · sinuous · undulating · bending · slithering · weaving · wriggling · convoluted
slithering
Smooth limbless locomotion
winding · threading · inching · sliding · writhing · worming · advancing · progressing · trailing · flowing
line
Continuous mark or queue
- queueOrdered waiting line
- chainLinked segments forming length
- processionFormal moving line
conga · file · column · trail · string · succession · caravan · convoy · parade · train
reptilian
Of snakes and lizards
slither · constrictor · adder · scales · fangs · hiss · venom · rattlesnake · mamba · anaconda
cunning
Sly, scheming cleverness
- slyCleverly deceptive
- sneakyStealthily deceptive
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
underhanded · devious · guileful · scheming · crafty · duplicitous · deceitful · insidious · manipulative · conniving
- gradual motioncrawling, creeping, inching, drifting, gliding
- lining upqueuing, waiting, standing, forming, filing
- plumbingpipes, valves, fittings, faucets, drains
- Drain Clearingplunger, clog, drain cleaner, plunging, unclogging
- drain cleaningdrain cleaning, plunging, augering, root cutting
- curvescurve, arc, curves, curls, curl
snakingstraight
Not curved or crooked
linear · direct · arrow-straight · straightforward · unbending
snake, snakes, serpentine, snaked, snaky, snakebite, snakebites, snakeskin, snakehead