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slither
English
Etymology
From Middle English slitheren, alteration of slideren (“to slither, creep”), from Old English slidrian (“to slip, slide, slither”), from Proto-West Germanic *slidr?n (“to slide, slither”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd?- (“to slip”), equivalent to slide +? -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Dutch slidderen (“to slip, wriggle, slither”), German schlittern (“to slither, skid”). More at slide.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sl?ð.?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?ð?(r)
Verb
slither (third-person singular simple present slithers, present participle slithering, simple past and past participle slithered)
- (intransitive) To move about smoothly and from side to side.
- (intransitive) To slide
- 2003, J. Flash, An American Savage
- I bent down and with both hands I scooped up as much of this pissshit as I could. The green and brown clump felt like Jello as it dripped down all over my clothes. It was slithering through inbetween my fingers.
- 2003, J. Flash, An American Savage
Derived terms
- aslither
- slitherlink
- Slytherin
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
slither
- (archaic) slithery; slippery
Noun
slither (uncountable)
- A limestone rubble.
- (nonstandard, see usage notes) A sliver.
Usage notes
The use of slither to mean sliver, which is prevalent especially in Britain (where th-fronting is becoming more and more prevalent), is considered by many to be an error, though at least one major dictionary merely labels it "informal" [1].
See also
- sliver
Anagrams
- Hirtles, Hitlers, Shitler, relisht
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slitherer
English
Etymology
slither +? -er
Noun
slitherer (plural slitherers)
- One who slithers.
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