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Word entry · 5 letters

snake

Best crossword clue

"Animal without legs"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /sneɪk/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aeknsStarts with SEnds with E5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

Word origin

From Middle English snake, from Old English snaca (“snake, serpent, reptile”), from Proto-West Germanic *snakō (“slider, snake”), from *snakan (“to creep, slide”), related to Old High German snahhan (“to sneak, slide”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *snēkô (“creeper, crawler”).

Used in a sentence

  • The man writhed like a trampled snake, and a red foam bubbled from his lips.
  • After dark the train is a lighted snake, as, even when the passengers' lights are out, each carriage has a side-light in the middle just under the eaves.
  • Near-synonyms: rat; see also Thesaurus:betrayer

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Animal without legs5 letters
02Legless reptile5 letters
03Serpent5 letters
04Serpentine reptile5 letters
05Slithering reptile5 letters

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