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Slithering

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slipperyOf a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
slippingnounThe act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.
slippy(slightly informal, Western Pennsylvania, UK, Ireland, Ottawa Valley) Slippery.

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slippy(slightly informal, Western Pennsylvania, UK, Ireland, Ottawa Valley) Slippery.
slippingnounThe act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.
slipperyOf a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
serpentnoun(now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
limpingnounThe motion of one who limps.
scrawlinessnounThe quality of being scrawly.
creepsnoun(figurative) A feeling or sensation of fear or horror.
lumberingnounThe act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement.
wimplingA rippling or meandering.
slytherinnounA person having traits associated with Slytherin house from the Harry Potter series, including ambition, cunning, or an affinity for snakes or the colours green and silver.
slimeballnoun(figuratively, originally US, colloquial, derogatory) A person who is slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable.
slimenounSoft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
limpPhysically weak.
slouchnounA hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
creepy-crawlynoun(informal) Any small crawling animal such as a spider, insect or worm that is unpleasant.
scheminessnouncunning; deviousness
shiveringverbThe action of a person or thing that shivers; a trembling.
swayingverbThe motion of something that sways.
flitteringverbThe motion of something that flitters.
droopnounSomething which is limp or sagging.

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