slitherverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈslɪð.ər/us/ˈslɪð.ɚ/(of bodies) to move easily and quickly across a surface while twisting or curving:
She watched the snake slither away.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Moving on your hands and legs or on your stomach
- clamber
- claw
- claw your way (somewhere) idiom
- crawl
- four
- grovel
- on all fours idiom
- pull
- scramble
- wriggle