[
UK
/slˈɪðɐ/
]
[ US /ˈsɫɪðɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫɪðɝ/ ]
VERB
-
to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
They slid through the wicket in the big gate
How To Use slither In A Sentence
- Shortly after leaving the outskirts of Adonis the car slithered down a sloping piece of ground, teetered over a low bank, and splashed logily into water. The Past Through Tomorrow
- First, they were creeping molds that slithered forth from the ocean onto land...and then they stood upright, supporting their globby substance by means of calciferous scaffolding, and finally they built machines. Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006)
- Unpleasant weather conditions prevailed and the players slithering on the greasy surface was a common occurrence.
- It was pitch black inside the dumpster with only a slither of light entering through the crack of the lid.
- This morning somebody shouted out 'caiman' and alligators along the banks slithered into the water. Peeg and Brie (opening of a teen novel)
- The grinning, slithering jackanapes is reportedly going to concentrate his sales pitch on the U.S., suspecting that we Brits would sooner chew our tongues than buy his book when it is published on Sept. 13. Boycott Blair's Book!
- From somewhere behind me, I heard a slight plop, a slither and then a sudden weight on my bed.
- Or the slithers of beef sirloin marinated in chilli and lime, stir-fried with vegetables and noodles.
- I'm finally alerted by a creepy slithery, slippy step nearby on soppy, dew-saturated fallen leaves.
- A tightish slither down at the far end of Four Ways Chamber would have bought you to the same place.