Slither Definition
slĭthər
slithered, slithering, slithers
verb
slithered, slithering, slithers
To cause to slither or slide.
Webster's New World
To move along by sliding or gliding, as a snake.
Webster's New World
To slip or slide on or as on a slope with a loose or broken surface.
Webster's New World
To walk with a sliding motion.
Webster's New World
(intransitive) To slide.
Wiktionary
noun
slithers
A sliding, slithering motion.
Webster's New World
Origin of Slither
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From Middle English slitheren, alteration of slideren (“to slither, creep"), from Old English slidrian (“to slip, slide, slither"), from Proto-Germanic *slidrijanÄ… (“to slide, slither"), from Proto-Indo-European *sleidh- (“to slip"). Cognate with Dutch slidderen (“to slip, wriggle, slither"). More at slide.
From Wiktionary
Middle English slethren variant of sliddren from Old English slidrian frequentative of slīdan to slide
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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