snake
41snake — 1) n South African an unfaithful female. Recorded as an item of Sowetan slang in the Cape Sun day Times, 29 January 1995. 2) vb American to seduce and/or have sex with. The term s recent usage may have origi nated in black slang, but the same… …
42snake — [[t]sne͟ɪk[/t]] snakes, snaking, snaked 1) N COUNT A snake is a long, thin reptile without legs. 2) VERB Something that snakes in a particular direction goes in that direction in a line with a lot of bends. [LITERARY] [V prep/adv] The road snaked …
43snake — [sneɪk] noun [C] I a long thin animal with no legs and a smooth skin II verb [I] snake [sneɪk] to move in a series of long curves The path snakes through the trees and up the hill.[/ex] …
44snake — 1. in. to scheme; to plot and plan. (Prisons.) □ He spent a lot of time snaking about that job. 2. tv. to steal something. □ Where did you snake that bike? …
45snake — see the man who has once been bitten by the snake fears every piece of rope …
46snake — [OE] The snake, like the serpent (and indeed the snail) is etymologically the ‘crawling’ animal. Along with Swedish snok and Danish snog, it comes from a prehistoric Germanic base denoting ‘crawl’, which also produced English snail and German… …
47Snake scales — Snakes, like other reptiles, have a skin covered in scales. Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India. page 1] Snakes are entirely covered with scales or scutes of various shapes and sizes. Scales protect the body of the snake, aid it… …
48Snake charming — is the practice of apparently hypnotising a snake by simply playing an instrument. A typical performance may also include handling the snakes or performing other seemingly dangerous acts, as well as other street performance staples, like juggling …
49Snake oil — is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain. However, the most common usage of the phrase is as a derogatory term for compounds offered as medicines which implies that they are fake, fraudulent, quackish, or ineffective. The… …
50Snake (video game) — Snake is a video game that came out in the late 1970s and has maintained popularity since then, becoming somewhat of a classic. The player controls a long, thin creature, resembling a snake, which roams around on a bordered plane, picking up food …
