snaking

verb

present participle of snake
1
as in lurking
to move about in a sly or secret manner snaking softly through the brush

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2
as in creeping
to move slowly with the body close to the ground commandos snaking through the grass toward the house

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Recent Examples of snaking Fighting along the roughly 780-mile front line snaking through northern, eastern and southern Ukraine has been virtually deadlocked in recent months. — Susie Blann, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 Fighting along the roughly 1,250-kilometer (780-mile) front line snaking through northern, eastern and southern Ukraine has been virtually deadlocked in recent months. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 Lincoln Road has the street space to entertain snaking lines of excited locals and visitors. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 This city is already a freaky liminal space full of snaking pathways that are almost incomprehensible. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 And the talk drew far and away the longest lines of the festival, snaking around four city blocks an hour before showtime. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026 The estate sprawls across 77 acres of pastoral tranquility, with trails snaking through the woods, oak trees towering over lawns, and birdsong filling the air. — Brian Cicioni, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2026 The Premier League trophy was kept out of the way, not shown off, apart from the blazing cover picture in the souvenir programme which ensured queues snaking through the crowd to purchase this special memento. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 When her foster mom is preparing dinner, Lu sneakily samples from her siblings’ meals, snaking her tongue into each bowl. — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snaking
  1. lurking
  2. creeping
  3. sneaking
  4. crawling
  5. sliding
  6. slithering
  7. slipping
Verb
  • Use cool water to avoid shrinkage, skip the fabric softener, and use a small amount of mild detergent to avoid detergent residue from lurking on the fabric after washing.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Small dust particles and annoying pathogens can be lurking all around your home causing allergies to flair.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of lurking
Verb
  • But there was something else that was creeping into his head.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • This is why the sameness creeping into corporate communications right now bothers me more than the question of whether AI can write a good press release.
    — Amanda Simonian, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of creeping
Verb
  • Imagine sneaking into a math library and combing through every mathematical text ever written.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The Chiefs placed Royals at tight end on the line, sneaking him across the back of the end zone on a drag route.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of sneaking
Verb
  • Introduced crawling through the Trask family’s field, her black blood spattering their rich soil like a human pesticide, Cathy personifies the series’ potent blend of dread and beauty.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026
  • But centering a nearly dead Cathy Ames (Florence Pugh) is Kazan’s entire intention with this project, and snagging us with the image of her bloody body crawling toward the Trasks’ farmhouse is a tip of the hand toward where East of Eden is going.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of crawling
Verb
  • Put the adhesive side of the film onto the wet glass, sliding it into place.
    — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Perhaps this is why beloved ‘90s nostalgia brands like McQueen and Calvin Klein (both with sliding revenues) aren’t resonating as well.
    — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of sliding
Verb
  • Officials issued the alert Monday after a man shared with police an image appearing to show the dangerous reptile slithering from the thin branch of a tree onto the roof of a backyard shed.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps the most striking styles in the lineup stood on curvaceous, sculptural heels resembling slithering snakes.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of slithering
Verb
  • Look a little closer, however, and its chart dominance has been slipping for years.
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Golden State trailed by 16 points with 16 minutes remaining, their historic season slipping through their fingers.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of slipping

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“Snaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snaking. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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