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Language: Old English
Origin: slidrian, from slidan; SLIDE1

slither

 verb
     
slith‧er [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
to slide somewhere over a surface, twisting or moving from side to side:
A snake slithered across the grass.
He slithered down the muddy bank.
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