The snake slithered through the garden.
To get under the porch, I lay on my stomach and slithered like a snake.
She slithered quietly into the room.
He slithered his hand around her waist.
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: to move by sliding your entire body back and forth
: to move smoothly, quietly, or secretly like a snake
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