snake

Universal Words noun, verb noun a reptile with a very long thin body and no legs. There are many types of snake, some of which are poisonous: a snake coiled up in the grass * Venomous snakes spit and hiss when they are cornered. IDIOMS a snake (in the grass) (disapproving) a person who pretends to be your friend but who cannot be trusted verb [+adv./prep.] (written) to move like a snake, in long twisting curves; to go in a particular direction in long twisting curves: [V] The road snaked away into the distance. * [VN] The procession snaked its way through narrow streets.